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# Daniel Lieberman

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Daniel E. Lieberman is a paleoanthropologist at Harvard University, where he is the Edwin M Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences, and Professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. He is best known for his research on the evolution of the human head and the human body.

##  Quotes by Daniel Lieberman

> [... this idea, that humans are essentially weak creatures, is actually deeply woven into a lot of the ways in which humans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-lieberman/this-idea-that-humans-are-essentially-weak-creatures-is-actually/)

Daniel Lieberman

[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cae/daniel-lieberman-70615_body_this-idea-that-humans-are-essentially-we_115140.jpg)

> [Many people are afraid of running because between 30 to 70 percent (depending on how you measure it) of runners get injured every year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-lieberman/many-people-are-afraid-of-running-because-between-30-to-70-percent/)

Daniel Lieberman

[Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/daniel-lieberman-70615_fear_many-people-are-afraid-of-running-becaus_303376.jpg)

> [Paper after paper, study after study, have shown that chairs give us back problems because they shorten our hip flexors, give us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-lieberman/paper-after-paper-study-after-study-have-shown-that-chairs-give-us/)

Daniel Lieberman

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/daniel-lieberman-70615_chairs_paper-after-paper-study-after-study-have_675301.jpg)

> [We love comfort, and people make a lot of money selling us comfort, but I would challenge the notion that comfort is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-lieberman/we-love-comfort-and-people-make-a-lot-of-money-selling-us-comfort-but/)

Daniel Lieberman

[Challenges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/challenges/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/daniel-lieberman-70615_challenges_we-love-comfort-and-people-make-a-lot-of_2158201.jpg)

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