Harvard Human Evolutionary Biology Professor Daniel Lieberman Speaks on “How and Why Exercise is Weird but Can Help Keep us Young and Healthy”

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 6:00-7:00 pm

Mark your calendar now, and plan to join with fellow Harvard alumni for a very special virtual event!


On Zoom: If you register, the Club will email you a Zoom link before the event


Sign Up!: This event is free! No travel required ☺ But registration is required. Please register by Friday, November 26. Space is limited, so register soon!


How to Register: Please email Club Secretary-Treasurer Doug Chamberlain ’73 at douglasrchamberlain@icloud.com no later than Monday, November 29th. A Zoom link will be then emailed to you before the program begins.

Contact Us: If you have any questions, please contact Doug Chamberlain at the email address above.


Our Speaker: Daniel Lieberman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, and the Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences at Harvard University. He is also a member of Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. He was educated at Harvard (AB ’86 Summa cum Laude, PhD ’93) and Cambridge (M.Phil. ’97). His research is on how and why the human body is the way it is, and the relevance of human evolution to contemporary health. Major research foci include the evolution of long distance walking and running abilities, the effects of shoes on locomotor biomechanics and injury, and the evolution of the highly unusual human head. To address these questions, he combines experimental biomechanics and physiology, paleontology, and comparative anatomy. He has ongoing fieldwork projects in Kenya and Mexico. At Harvard, he teaches a variety of courses on human evolution, anatomy, and physiology. In addition to many articles, he has published several books including Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding (Random House, 2021), The Evolution of the Human Head (Harvard University Press, 2011), and The Story of the Human Body (Pantheon, 2013). He is an avid runner.


Our Collaboration: This event is a collaboration of the Harvard Clubs of Northern New England: The Harvard Club in Maine, The Harvard Club of New Hampshire, The Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Vermont, The Harvard Club of the North Shore, the Harvard Club of the Merrimack Valley, and the Harvard Club in Concord (MA).


Questions for Our Speaker: After Professor Lieberman’s talk, please submit questions on Zoom chat.