Run Barefoot, Says Daniel Lieberman
Study finds that runners who land on their forefeet are more efficient than their heel-striking counterparts.
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Articles tagged evolutionary biology
Networked
Exploring the weblike structures that underlie everything from friendship to cellular behavior
5.1.10
This Play’s the Thing
From Orchids to Octopi draws on the work of many Harvardians and puts paleontologist Farish Jenkins on stage.
4.23.10
Networks, Neolithic to Now
On the genetics of human connectedness
4.19.10
An Evolving Foe
Harvard scientists are using genomic tools to fight newly resurgent malaria.
3.1.10
Does Climate Change Promote Invasive Species?
This is what a new study by a team including Harvard scientists, using a Walden Woods dataset begun by Henry David Thoreau, suggests.
2.3.10
The MCZ at 150
On the enduring value of natural history museums and the study of life’s species
11.13.09
A New Twist on Nature/Nuture
Imprinted genes may affect the timing of pregnancy and nursing in humans.
11.1.09
In Running, Is Barefoot Best?
Support, and a backlash, for the trendy new shoes; a Harvard professor offers an evolutionary perspective.
8.31.09
Who Killed the Men of England?
Cutting-edge science helps historians push further and more fully into the past.
7.1.09
"Dissing Evolution"
Energy is the key to understanding human evolution—and to saving ourselves and our planet, says Daniel Lieberman.
5.1.09
Pardis Sabeti
For this systems biologist, the interaction of science and music is multiplicative.
5.1.09
Our Psychotropic Lives
History professor Daniel Lord Smail explores the role of psychotropic mechanisms in human evolution and history.