It is necessary to step back and critically think about how their high incidence came to be and why we suffer more despite living better. The question is imperative at this point in time, as we face a heavy burden of modern diseases such as cancer, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression, neuronal degeneration, and countless other afflictions. Daniel Lieberman explores in his latest book, is: What are human bodies adapted for? Naturally, this question is quite complex and discussing it in the context of not one but three intricate topics comprising evolution, health, and disease makes this exploration quite ambitious. The question we would like to answer, and the one that Dr. Academics and people who view and discuss the human body in the light of evolution pinpoint changes based on solid scientific ground, informed speculation, or hand waving, which must have occurred for our species to survive over other archaic hominins.
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