ICON-Health Book Club: Adaptable: How Your Unique Body Really Works and Why Our Biology Unites Us

ICON-Health Book Club featuring book "Adaptable: How Your Unique Body Really Works & Why Our Biology Unites Us" by Herman Pontzer, PhD

This message has been approved by Drs. Regan Bailey and Patrick Stover, Directors of the Institute for Connecting Nutrition and Health (ICON-Health), for distribution to students, faculty and staff.

Join the new ICON-Health Book Club as we read Adaptable: How Your Unique Body Really Works and Why Our Biology Unites Us by Dr. Herman Pontzer—a PEN/E.O. Wilson Award finalist exploring human physiology, gene–environment interplay, and modern health disparities. Written for specialists and non-specialists alike, this book aligns with the ICON-Health mission and sets the stage for Dr. Pontzer’s visit to FSU on September 21–22 as part of the inaugural ICON-Health Eminent Scholar Seminar Series, co-sponsored by the FSU Department of Anthropology.

 

Book club meeting logistics are forthcoming.

 

Complete our Book Club Interest Survey to get involved!  

Book Club Interest Survey: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_22XhHLn7n6MuTGe

 

We will have a limited number of copies available; please reach out if you need assistance in acquiring a copy of ‘Adaptable.’

Article Date
August 11, 2026