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

Zuk, M.

Paleofantasy : what evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live / Marlene Zuk. - First edition. - 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-314) and index.

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.

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.

0393081370 (hardcover) 9780393081374 (hardcover)

2012047814

016256455 Uk


Human evolution.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Prehistoric peoples--Food.
Prehistoric peoples--Sexual behavior.
Social evolution.

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