Paleofantasy : what evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live

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Title:

Author:

Zuk, Marlene.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Date:

2013

Publication Information:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]

Physical Description:

328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN:

9780393081374

Abstract:

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.

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.

Subject Term:

Human evolution.

Social evolution.

Hunting and gathering societies.

Prehistoric peoples -- Food.

Prehistoric peoples -- Sexual behavior.

Language:

English

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