Human Senescence

Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspectives

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Douglas E. Crews

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Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology

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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 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 will be a benchmark publication for all interested in how and why we age.

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Douglas E. Crews is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and School of Public Health at the Ohio State University.

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December 11th, 2003

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Douglas E. Crews

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

302

Series

Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology

Dimensions

158x236x20

ISBN-13

9780521571739

Product ID

3638471

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