Like every other organism on the planet, humans evolved over thousands of years to survive and thrive under rather specific circumstances. But what exactly is the human body adapted for? The evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman poses and attempts to answer that question in a new book. Lieberman says the human body is in many ways a Stone Age creation, better suited to the demands of a hunter-gatherer lifestyle than to 9-to-5 office work. He’ll join us Friday to explore the story of the human body. [Rebroadcast]
Daniel Lieberman is a professor of human evolutionary biology and the Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Science at Harvard University. He has written more than a hundred articles, many of which have appeared in the journals Nature and Science. His latest book is called The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health and Disease [Amazon|Indiebound].
