Name: Adaptable. The Surprising Science of Human Diversity
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Author: Herman Pontzer
ISBN: 9780141999821

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Adaptable. The Surprising Science of Human Diversity

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Penguin

Author

Herman Pontzer

Year

2026

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.80 x 12.90 x 3.50 cm

ISBN13

9780141999821

Adaptable. The Surprising Science of Human Diversity

Herman Pontzer (Author) · Penguin · Paperback

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Synopsis "Adaptable. The Surprising Science of Human Diversity"

As an evolutionary anthropologist conducting ground-breaking research with human populations around the globe, Herman Pontzer has come to see much more clearly how our genes and environments combine to shape our bodies and our health: for better or worse. In this book, he takes us on a tour of the human body and the surprising ways it can change in response to its environment: from the Andean groups who have developed increased lung capacity to the Sama divers who have larger spleens. He also highlights the critical ways we misinterpret biological adaptations: from healthcare, race and IQ to sex and gender. With so much of our wellbeing and public discourse centred on human biology, a clear understanding of the distinction between socially constructed and genetic differences is more important than ever. This timely reappraisal of an overlooked science is an essential guide to our remarkable bodies.