How Men Age: What Evolution Reveals About Male Health And Mortality
by Richard G. Bribiescas /
2016 / English / PDF, EPUB
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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.
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
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.
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.
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,
Popular science at its most compelling,How Men Age
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.
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.