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Bribiescas, Richard G.
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Men -- Health and hygiene.
Longevity.
Aging.
Human evolution -- Health aspects.
Men -- Physiology.
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Bribiescas, Richard G.
Men -- Health and hygiene.
Longevity.
Aging.
Human evolution -- Health aspects.
Men -- Physiology.
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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.
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