Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress, not the constant pressure of modern life. Industrial environments overstimulate our stress systems and erode both health and reproduction. Analysis from the University of Zurich and Loughborough University says that evidence shows the toll of this mismatch. 

Modern environments are placing biological demands on humans that our evolution never prepared us for, leading to chronic stress, declining fertility, and rising inflammatory diseases. Cultural and environmental redesign, especially nature-focused planning, is essential.

The analysis by evolutionary anthropologists Colin Shaw (University of Zurich) and Daniel Longman (Loughborough University) argues that the modern world has developed faster than human biology can adapt. Their work proposes that chronic stress and many widespread health concerns stem from a fundamental mismatch between our nature-shaped physiology and the highly industrialised environments most people live in today.