Key points

Our genetic profile is the same as that of our Paleolithic ancestors.

The agricultural revolution was a trade-off between population growth and increased mental and physical risks.

Concepts of ownership and wealth created new psychological anxieties that replaced acute threats.

Our "Stone-Age" bodies, struggling with modern stressors, lead to epidemics of non-communicable diseases.

While life emerged around 4 billion years ago, human history—from the earliest humans approximately 2.5 million years ago to the present day—represents a relatively short period in the scale of evolutionary history. This brief period is insufficient for genes to fully adapt to the new requirements of modern life, resulting in a contemporary lifestyle supported by an ancient genetic legacy.

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