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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Bribiescas, Richard G.     Subjects     Men -- Health and hygiene.     Longevity.     Aging.     Human evolution -- Health aspects.     Men -- Physiology.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bribiescas, Richard G.       by title:      How men age : what e...       by call number:      613.04234 B849h     Search the Web     Bribiescas, Richard G.     Men -- Health and hygiene.     Longevity.     Aging.     Human evolution -- Health aspects.     Men -- Physiology.       MARC Display

How men age : what evolution reveals about male health and mortality / Richard G. Bribiescas. by Bribiescas, Richard G. Princeton University Press, c2016. Call #: 613.04234 B849h Subjects Men -- Health and hygiene.   Longevity.   Aging.   Human evolution -- Health aspects.   Men -- Physiology. ISBN:  9780691160634 (hc) 0691160635 (hc) Description:  xi, 177 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-168) and index. Contents:  A gray evolutionary lens -- Dead man's curve -- Getting a handle on love handles -- Older fathers, longer lives -- Dear old dad -- Darwinian health and other contradictions -- Older men and the future of human evolution. Summary:  "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 book, 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"--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 613.04234 B849h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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