The Story of The Human Body by Daniel Lieberman ► Animated Book Summary

Learn why our bodies aren't adapted to the modern world in this animated book summary of The Story of The Human Body by Daniel Lieberman. Video produced by OnePercentBetter.

In The Story of The Human Body, Daniel Lieberman deftly examines the major transformations that contributed key adaptations to the body: the advent of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the rise of hunting and gathering and our superlative endurance athletic abilities; the development of a very large brain; and the incipience of modern cultural abilities.

He elucidates how cultural evolution differs from biological evolution, and how it further transformed our bodies during the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions.

Lieberman illuminates how these ongoing changes have brought many benefits, but also have created novel conditions to which our bodies are not entirely adapted, resulting in a growing incidence of obesity and new but avoidable diseases, including type-2 diabetes.

He proposes that many of these chronic illnesses persist and in some cases are intensifying because of "dysevolution," a pernicious dynamic whereby only the symptoms rather than the causes of these maladies are treated.

And finally—provocatively—he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes oblige us to create a more salubrious environment.

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[0:56] LESSON 1: What Are Evolutionary Mismatches?
[2:05] LESSON 2: Mismatch Diseases and Why We Should Care About Them
[3:29] LESSON 3: Why Dysevolution Is Harming The World
[6:08] LESSON 4: Did Farming Screw Us Over?
[8:11] LESSON 5: Why Population Growth Makes Us Vulnerable
[8:59] LESSON 6: How Were We Affected By The Industrial Revolution?

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[PhillpsRickels]

Wow, this summary of "The Story of the Human Body" is absolutely fascinating! I love how Lieberman explains evolutionary mismatches and how our modern lifestyle impacts our health. It's got me thinking about how I can better align my daily habits with our evolutionary needs. I've actually been diving deeper into similar topics on the Acorn app - they have some great book summaries and podcasts on evolutionary biology that are perfect for learning during my daily walks. Such a great way to keep expanding my knowledge!

[ajomon]

Very good video. Try to create more Book reviews like this which needs our attention. Keep it up. I would also like to see videos focused only on tips to live a healthy life.

[VictorFoote]

Brandon I loved this! Such an amazing book. I can't believe I have never heard of it.

Treating the cause instead of the symptom is so important! So many people don't think this way. Everything is so much deeper then what people think.

Amazing review Brandon! Keep it up :)

[aneleaa]

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT BOOK! Thank you!

[RawFeeding]

You stepped it up on this one, love It!

[Primedlifestyle]

Impressive work! Weird to think that we need to implement 150 year old ideas in order to become healthier today.. how long did it take you to finish this from idea to upload?

[AnnaRammel]

👍 your reviews are spot on. I know if I want to read or not. thanks!

[PrimPursuits]

Great work Brandon! I've grab this book a while ago still haven't read it :P Nice to hear your take on it, it's awesome.

[sjoerd]

Please keep it coming Brandon!
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[PetersPianoShoppe]

I loved this look at a very important read; thanks for reviewing. But why laden your video with this awful, music loop? It adds nothing, and actually distracts. It's annoying and worthless, and you're better than it.