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

Book: Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
Marlene Zuk (Author)
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (March 18, 2013)

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...

Link 2: The way we weren't: U of Minnesota biologist debunks myth that humans peaked in Paleolithic era


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