Built on Bones

The city has killed most of your ancestors, and it''s probably killing you, too - this book tells you why.

Imagine you are a hunter-gatherer some 15,000 years ago. You''ve got a choice – carry on foraging, or plant a few seeds and move to one of those new-fangled settlements down the valley. What you won''t know is that urban life is short and riddled with dozens of new diseases; your children will...