Paleofantasy What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live

Name: Paleofantasy What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
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ISBN: 9780393347920

ISBN-10: 0393347923

ISBN-13: 9780393347920

Edition: 2014

Authors: Marlene Zuk

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We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football--or did we? Are our bodies and brains truly at odds with modern life? Although it may seem as though we have barely had time to shed our hunter-gatherer legacy, biologist Marlene Zuk reveals that the story is not so simple. Popular theories about how our ancestors lived--and why we should emulate them--are often based on speculation, not scientific evidence. Armed with a razor-sharp wit and brilliant, eye-opening research, Zuk takes us to the cutting edge of biology to show that evolution can work much faster than was previously realized, meaning that we are not…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/3/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.27" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

MARLENE ZUK is a professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside, where she studies behavior in a variety of animals. She has written articles for numerous publications including the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times .