Story of the Human Body Synthesis Paper
Candance N. Marshall
Evergreen State College

Story of the Human Body Synthesis Paper
The chapters in the book start with the evolution of the human body from the lands of Africa to the present day. The findings of bones that date back millions of years displays the evidence of such evolution. The findings support the theories the changes the human body went through in order to adapt to its surroundings and the initial transition into a bipedalism species.
Adaptation and Transitioning
When reading into the adaptations you can recognize the necessity of these major transformations that contributed to the major adaptations in the body such as the beginning of bipedalism, the shift to a non-fruit based diet as the rise of the hunter/gatherer emerged with the adaptation of a more athletic abilities; the development of larger brains and more noticeable cultural beliefs and rituals.
Revolution1
The major variations that are effecting our current society originated from the Agricultural and Industrial revolutions. The modifications to our diets play a huge role in the presence of chronic illness in the world.
Post Paleolithic World. Our bodies are not entirely adaptable to the world we live in, we can recognize this with the growing incidences of obesity and disease like type-2 diabetes.
Diseases. Although the body has adapted to the many changes of the environment, cultural and biologically evolution continues while the rapid spread of diseases whether infectious or not plague of society as well as boggles our minds on the true origin of these disease.
What can we do? This book can help to open your eyes to the changes that must be emplimented in order to sustain a healthier lifestyle as well as pass down healthy living habits to those that we love. The need to return to a more balanced diet is one of the first steps