Human Senescence: Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspectives by Douglas E. Crews

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Explores why humans, unlike other animals, came to grow old slowly.

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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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction and background; 2. Evolutionary and biological theories of senescence; 3. Human variation: growth, development, life history and senescence; 4. Human variation: chronic diseases, risk factors and senescence; 5. Human life span and life extension; 6. Discussion and perspectives; References.

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This text explores why humans, unlike other animals, came to grow old slowly.

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It is only comparatively recently in evolutionary terms that humans have developed late-life survival. Looking at anthropological, gerontological and biocultural evidence, Human Senescence is a text that explores why humans age only slowly over our lifespan, and what impacts this has on our health and lives today.

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It is only comparatively recently in evolutionary terms that humans have developed late-life survival. Looking at anthropological, gerontological and biocultural evidence, Human Senescence is a text that explores why humans age only slowly over our lifespan, and what impacts this has on our health and lives today.

Details ISBN0521571731 Author Douglas E. Crews Pages 302 Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2003 ISBN-10 0521571731 ISBN-13 9780521571739 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2003-12-11 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspectives Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 12 b/w illus. 7 tables Short Title HUMAN SENESCENCE Language English Media Book Series Number 36 Series Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology DEWEY 599.937 Affiliation Ohio State University DOI 10.1604/9780521571739 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2003-12-11 AU Release Date 2003-12-11 NZ Release Date 2003-12-11 We've got this

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