If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing.“Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm.” —Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling author of The Body• If we a...

In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning this paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease.The Stor...

Évolution, dysévolution et nouvelles maladiesDans cet ouvrage qui fera date dans la vulgarisation scientifique, Daniel E. Lieberman nous propose un compte rendu passionnant de la manière dont le corps humain a évolué au fil de millions d’années, tout en aboutissant à ce paradoxe : une augmentation de la longévité, mais une progression des maladies chroniques.L'Histoire du corps humain éclaire d’une lumière inédite les transformations majeures qui on...

'Endlessly fascinating and full of surprises. Easily one of my books of the year' BILL BRYSONThe myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise: what our bodies really need, why it matters, and its effects on health and wellbeing.In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity f...

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E se uma única substância química pudesse moldar todos os nossos comportamentos e todas as nossas escolhas? Tão poderosa, quanto perigosa, ela existe, está no nosso cérebro e podemos aprender a usá-la. Por que razão ficamos obcecados com as coisas que queremos e nos aborrecemos depois de as conseguirmos? Porque se converte tão rapidamente a paixão em desinteresse? Porque passamos tantas horas nas redes sociais? E como somos capazes de manter a esperança, mesmo perante o pior dos cenários? ...

In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodiesThis ground-breaking book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. From an evolutionary perspective, if normal is defined as what most people have done for millions of years, then it's normal to walk and run 9 -15 kilometres a day to hunt and gather fresh ...

A brilliant, no-nonsense look at two questions we never evolved to ask but now must consider several times a day: what should we eat, and why?Daniel E. Lieberman—bestselling author of The Story of the Human Body and Exercised, and founding chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University—cuts through all the confusing and contradictory advice on diet and wellness to argue that there can be no simple, definitive answer. D...

Como essa poderosa substância química em nosso cérebro impulsiona o amor, o sexo e a criatividade - e controla quem somos, o que sentimos e o que fazemos.“Uma leitura fascinante. Depois de descobrir o poder e o perigo da dopamina, você vai entender melhor a própria condição humana.” – Daniel Pink, autor de Motivação 3.0A dopamina é o neurotransmissor que garantiu a sobrevivência dos nossos antepassados e que, ainda hoje, continua d...

Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them?Why is addiction “perfectly logical” to an addict?Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest?Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives?Why are we always hopeful for solutions even in the darkest times—and so good at figuring them out?The answer is found in a single chemical in your brain:

This is a ground-breaking volume on the role of religion as a major force of cohesion across the Indian Ocean region.A diverse range of experts present a case for conceptualizing religion as an enabler of not only shared religious identities throughout the Indian Ocean world, but multiple shared identities mediated through religion, particularly as religion intersects with other manifestations of human society in this part of the world. This theme is explored throu...

Brought to you by Penguin.The myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise: what our bodies really need, why it matters, and its effects on health and wellbeing.In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. However, most of us struggle to stay fit, an...