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

by Marlene Zuk

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393081370
• ISBN13: 9780393081374
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"