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Paleofantasy : what evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live
Title:
Paleofantasy : what evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live
Author:
Zuk, Marlene, 1956-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Physical Description:
328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
Debunks beliefs based on the assumption that human beings have finished evolving and defends the assertion that modern man is not biologically the same as our caveman ancestors.
Language:
English
Contents:
Cavemen in condos -- Are we stuck? -- Crickets, sparrows, and Darwins- or, evolution before our eyes -- The perfect paleofantasy diet : milk -- The perfect paleofantasy diet : meat, grains, and cooking -- Exercising the paleofantasy -- Paleofantasy love -- The paleofantasy family -- Paleofantasy, in sickness and in health -- Are we still evolving? : a tale of genes, altitude, and earwax.
ISBN:
9780393081374
Format :
Book