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The Story of the Human Body
by Daniel Lieberman
Evolution, health and disease: how bodies adapted for a world that no longer exists, and the mismatch diseases that result. A Harvard evolutionary biologist's clear account.
Read it if…
you want the evolutionary logic behind modern illness.
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Skip it if…
you want a diet.
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Three things you will actually use
- We are adapted for a vanished world.
- Mismatch drives chronic disease.
- Change the environment.
Do this first
Read the chapters on mismatch.
Our verdict
Evolution and health.
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