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How Men Age – What Evolution Reveals about Male Health and Mortality What Evolution Reveals about Male Health and Mortality

Name: How Men Age – What Evolution Reveals about Male Health and Mortality
Author: Richard G. Bribiescas

Auteur: Richard G. Bribiescas

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Richard G. Bribiescas Bribiescas, Richard

Engels
Paperback
9780691180915
08 mei 2018
192 pagina's

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A groundbreaking book that examines all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lensWhile the health of aging men has been a focus of biomedical research for years, evolutionary biology has not been part of the conversation-until now. How Men Age is the first book to explore how natural selection has shaped male aging, how evolutionary th

A groundbreaking book that examines all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lens

While the health of aging men has been a focus of biomedical research for years, evolutionary biology has not been part of the conversation—until now. How Men Age is the first book to explore how natural selection has shaped male aging, how evolutionary theory can inform our understanding of male health and well-being, and how older men may have contributed to the evolution of some of the very traits that make us human.

In this informative and entertaining book, renowned biological anthropologist Richard Bribiescas looks at all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lens. He describes how the challenges males faced in their evolutionary past influenced how they age today, and shows how this unique evolutionary history helps explain common aspects of male aging such as prostate disease, loss of muscle mass, changes in testosterone levels, increases in fat, erectile dysfunction, baldness, and shorter life spans than women. Bribiescas reveals how many of the physical and behavioral changes that we negatively associate with male aging may have actually facilitated the emergence of positive traits that have helped make humans so successful as a species, including parenting, long life spans, and high fertility.

Popular science at its most compelling, How Men Age provides new perspectives on the aging process in men and how we became human, and also explores future challenges for human evolution—and the important role older men might play in them.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 08 mei 2018
Aantal pagina's: 192
Illustraties: Met illustraties

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Hoofdauteur: Richard G. Bribiescas
Tweede Auteur: Bribiescas, Richard
Hoofduitgeverij: Princeton University Press

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 155 mm
Product lengte: 235 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 155 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 235 mm
Verpakking lengte: 235 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 143 g

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EAN: 9780691180915

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Categorieën: Wetenschap & Natuur

Geneeskunde & Verpleging

Preklinische geneeskunde

Biologie

Anatomie

Fysiologie

Evolutie

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Taal: Engels
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Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar

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