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Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding

Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding
We're talking about exercising again this episode. BUT WAIT!! Don't run away just yet!

Joining us s someone Dr. Pam is a total fangirl of. Daniel Lieberman is a Professor of Biological Sciences and Human Evolutionary Biology, as well as the Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He studies how and why the human body looks and functions the way it does.

Now if you're someone who doesn't like exercise, or even the idea of exercise makes you anxious - you're not alone! But there are ways to change these views, and get back to a getting fit regimen. 

Dr. Pam and Daniel dive into the world of running, how exercise is a modern activity, how the evolution of work created the bodies we have today.
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Daniel Lieberman

Daniel Lieberman is a Professor of Biological Sciences and Human Evolutionary Biology, as well as the Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. 

I study and teach how and why the human body looks and functions the way it does. I have long been fascinated by the evolution of the human head but my main focus is currently on the evolution of human physical activity. I am especially interested in how evolutionary approaches to activities such as walking and running, as well as changes to our body’s environments (such as wearing shoes and being physically inactive) can help better prevent and treat musculoskeletal diseases. To address these problems, I integrate experimental biomechanics and physiology in both the laboratory and the field with analyses of the human fossil record.

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