Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691231990ISBN-10:691231990UPC:9780691231990Book Category:Science, MedicalBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, PhysiologyBook Topic:Evolution, Genetics & GenomicsSize:9.29 x 6.06 x 1.97 inchesWeight:1.9511Product ID:SC32ARXKYK
Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer
An anthropologist uncovers new evidence for the evolutionary origins of human longevity--and explains why growing old is an opportunity, not a burden
Our ability to live for decades may seem like a modern luxury made possible by clean water and advances in medicine. In fact, human longevity is a legacy of our unique evolutionary path as a species. Seven Decades challenges the belief that life in...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691231990ISBN-10:691231990UPC:9780691231990Book Category:Science, MedicalBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, PhysiologyBook Topic:Evolution, Genetics & GenomicsSize:9.29 x 6.06 x 1.97 inchesWeight:1.9511Product ID:SC32ARXKYK
Michael D. Gurven is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His work has been featured in the New York Times and on NPR and the BBC.
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