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[资源] 2013 新书：身体的故事（英文）

The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health and Disease
by Daniel Lieberman
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Pantheon; 1 edition (October 1, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307379418
ISBN-13: 978-0307379412
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In thoroughly enjoyable and edifying prose, Lieberman, professor of human evolution at Harvard, leads a fascinating journey through human evolution. He comprehensively explains how evolutionary forces have shaped the human species as we know it, from the move to bipedalism, and the changes in body parts—from hands to feet and spine—that such a change entailed, to the creation of agrarian societies, and much more. He balances a historical perspective with a contemporary one—examining traits of our ancestors as carefully as he looks to the future—while asking how we might control the destiny of our species. He argues persuasively that cultural evolution is now the dominant force of evolutionary change acting on the human body, and focuses on what he calls mismatch diseases that are caused by lack of congruence between genes and environment. Since the pace of cultural evolution has outstripped that of biological evolution, mismatch diseases have increased to the point where most of us are likely to die of such causes. Lieberman's discussion of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and breast cancer are as clear as any yet published, and he offers a well-articulated case for why an evolutionary perspective can greatly enrich the practice of medicine.
Contents
Preface
1 | Introduction
What Are Humans Adapted For?
PART I Apes and Humans
2 | Upstanding Apes
How We Became Bipeds
3 | Much Depends on Dinner
How the Australopiths Partly Weaned Us Off Fruit
4 | The First Hunter-Gatherers
How Nearly Modern Bodies Evolved in the Human Genus
5 | Energy in the Ice Age
How We Evolved Big Brains Along with Large, Fat, Gradually
Growing Bodies
6 | A Very Cultured Species
How Modern Humans Colonized the World with a Combination
of Brains plus Brawn
PART II Farming and the Industrial Revolution
7 | Progress, Mismatch, and Dysevolution
The Consequences—Good and Bad—of Having Paleolithic
Bodies in a Post-Paleolithic World
8 | Paradise Lost?
The Fruits and Follies of Becoming Farmers
9 | Modern Times, Modern Bodies
The Paradox of Human Health in the Industrial Era
PART III The Present, the Future
10 | The Vicious Circle of Too Much
Why Too Much Energy Can Make Us Sick
11 | Disuse
Why We Are Losing It by Not Using It
12 | The Hidden Dangers of Novelty and Comfort
Why Everyday Innovations Can Damage Us
13 | Survival of the Fitter
Can Evolutionary Logic Help Cultivate a Better Future for the
Human Body?
A cknowledgments
Notes
Index
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