The Evolution of Eating Well
Greens Restaurant, San Francisco
$125 + fees
December 8 @ 7:00 pm
An intimate evening pairing big ideas with exceptional food. Drawing on decades of research across biology, anthropology, physiology, and medicine, Harvard evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman traces the fascinating journey of the human diet — from foraging bands to the discovery of fire, the rise of agriculture, and the industrialized food systems we navigate today. Savor storytelling that connects evolutionary insights from his new book Fed Up: What Evolution Reveals about Food, Diet, Health, and Eating Well with mindful, delectable courses from San Francisco’s trailblazing farm-to-table vegetarian restaurant Greens and Executive Chef Katie Reicher.
About the speaker
Daniel Lieberman is the Edwin M Lerner II Professor of Biological Science, founding Chair of Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, and a member of The Leakey Foundation’s Scientific Executive Committee. Educated at Harvard and Cambridge Universities, he studies and teaches how and why the human body is the way it is, and the relevance of human evolution to contemporary health. He is best known for his research on the evolution and biology of long-distance running (including barefoot running) and the evolution of the highly unusual human head. At Harvard, he teaches a variety of courses on human evolution, anatomy, physiology, and health.
He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and four books: Fed Up: What Evolution Reveals about Food, Diet, Health, and Eating Well (Knopf, 2026), Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding (Pantheon, 2021), The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health and Disease (Pantheon, 2013), and The Evolution of the Human Head (Harvard University Press, 2011). He is also an avid runner and loves to cook.
Partners and sponsors
Presented in partnership with KQED. This program is generously sponsored by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Camilla and George Smith, and the Joan and Arnold Travis Education Fund.
