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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Evolution operates through the core principles of natural selection and adaptation.
Chapter 3: Upright walking shaped humans into who we are. It brought many costs and one major benefit.
Chapter 4: Shifts in diet moved us nearer to becoming truly modern humans.
Chapter 5: Our earliest clearly human ancestors were hunter-gatherers.
Chapter 6: Many of the traits defining us as humans arose during the Ice Age period.
Chapter 7: Homo sapiens survived other human species largely because of its superior culture.
Chapter 8: The rise of agriculture sparked population booms, yet it also ushered in famine and disease.
Chapter 9: The Industrial Revolution profoundly transformed every aspect of human life.
Chapter 10: Modern life now overflows with riches, and our bodies are struggling to adapt properly.
Chapter 11: Our health can decline when we don’t use our bodies properly for the purposes they were originally designed for.
Chapter 12: Education and medicine can’t stop mismatch diseases, but we can reshape our environment.
Description
The Story of the Human Body (2013) is a fascinating exploration of a story over a million years in the making: the evolution of the human body. Departing from the moment our ancestors first distinguished themselves from their hominid brethren, Daniel Lieberman traces the biological history of humans right down to our office-bound present.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone who’s ever wondered how we got from cave- to city-dwelling
- Fans of big-picture science
- Anyone interested in nutrition and fitness