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Human senescence : = evolutionary and biocultural perspectives /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Human senescence :/ Douglas E. Crews.
Reminder of title:	evolutionary and biocultural perspectives /
Author:	Crews, Douglas E.,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Aging. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542350
ISBN:	9780511542350 (ebook)

Human senescence : = evolutionary and biocultural perspectives /
Crews, Douglas E.,

Human senescence :evolutionary and biocultural perspectives /Douglas E. Crews. - 1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;36. - Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;81..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction and background -- Evolutionary and biological theories of senescence -- Human variation : growth, development, life history, and senescence -- Human variation : chronic diseases, risk factors, and senescence -- Human life span and life extension -- Discussion and perspectives.

Much research on the biology of senescence is on cell-lines, nematodes or fruit flies, that are only of peripheral relevance to the problems encountered in humans. Human Senescence is a 2003 text which reviews the evolutionary biology of human senescence and life span, and the evolutionarily recent development of late-life survival. It examines how human patterns of and variability in growth and development have altered later life survival probabilities and competencies, and how survival during mid-life contributes to senescent dysfunction and alteration. Discussing possibilities of further extending human life span, it gives a better understanding of how humans came to senesce as slowly as we do over our lifespan. Bringing together gerontological, anthropological and biocultural research, it explores human variation in chronic disease, senescence and life span as outcomes of early life adaptation and the success of humankind's sociocultural evolution. It is a benchmark publication for all interested in how and why we age.

ISBN: 9780511542350 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

559847
Aging.

LC Class. No.: QP86 / .C74 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 612.6/7

Human senescence : = evolutionary and biocultural perspectives /
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