The Story of the Human Body brilliantly illuminates as never before the major transformations that contributed key adapations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the advent of hunting and gathering; the development of a very large brain; and, perhaps most surprisingly, cultural changes like the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions which altered the way our bodies interact with the world around us. While these ongoing changes have brought about many benefi...
Первая половина книги - как сформировалось наше тело в ходе эволюции. Вторая - как культурное развитие сказалось на нашем здоровье. Почему сегодня люди страдают от диабета, рака, проблем с сердцем.