Week 1: Paleofantasy

I chose to read Paleofantasy because the name and the summary really intrigued me. The author, Marlene Zuk, is an American evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist and currently works as a biology professor at the University of California, Riverside. The summary talked about how we should be emulating how our ancestors lived and there is scientific research to prove it. Zuk brings up evidence that we are not biologically the same as our ancestors since the speed of evolution is quicker than what we previously thought. With these thoughts, I'm really excited to hear the different theories especially ones that contradict the notion that we need to eat more naturally like our ancestors.

From reading this book, I hope to learn and hear about how we as humans are still evolving and the evidence that supports that because while thinking about it, it doesn't make sense why we would stop evolving and so I wonder how that assumption started to take off. This lead to people examining and observing our behavior now and relating it back to our ancestors when really it isn't that simple. We are all still changing and evolving and so is it really necessary for us to revert back to our old habits of eating as cavemen? I know of friends who have tried different diets including the paleo diet and so learning more about it gives me greater knowledge about these types of diets.
After reading this book, I want to know if diets like the Paleo diet are as useful as we think they are.