An evolutionary look at exercise
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Daniel Lieberman at home with his dog, Echo, photo courtesy Daniel Lieberman. Exercised book jacket, photo courtesy Daniel Lieberman. If you have read the book “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougal, you are familiar with the name Daniel Lieberman. Along with his colleague, Dennis Bramble, his research has been used to support the thesis that human beings owe some of our evolutionary success to our ability to run efficiently. Dr. Lieberman is a paleoanthropologist and professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University who has authored books about the human body and the human head. His most recent book, “Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding,” explores purposeful exercise as it relates to our evolution and why it is a rarity outside of the developed world. HOST: Lisa Keller SEGMENTS: Segment 1: Daniel Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and author of “Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding.” LINKS: Exercised book from Harvard.edu ‘Exercised’ Explains Why It Can Be Hard To Commit To Working Out — And Why We Should from NPR BROADCAST: Thursday, January 13th, 2022. 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. AKT REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, January 13th, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT SUBSCRIBE: Receive Outdoor Explorer automatically every week via: iTunes Email RSS Feed Podcast ]]>
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On this Outdoor Explorer, our guest is Daniel Lieberman, author of “Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding.” Dr. Lieberman is a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University. If you are familiar with the book “Born to Run,” you’ll recognize his name as one of the foundational researchers on humans and running.
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