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Grazyna Jasienska (Ed.) - The Arc of Life: Evolution and Health Across the Life Course - 9781493940363 - V9781493940363
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The Arc of Life: Evolution and Health Across the Life Course

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Description for The Arc of Life: Evolution and Health Across the Life Course Hardback. conducted by biological anthropologists can enrich our understanding of variation in human health outcomes, particularly the concept of evolutionary trade-offs and the ensuing biological processes that can affect health status over the life course. Editor(s): Sherry, Diana S.; Jasienska, Grazyna; Holmes, Donna J. Num Pages: 200 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 266 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Given the rapidly developing area of evolutionary medicine and public health, The Arc of Life examines ways in which research conducted by biological anthropologists can enrich our understanding of variation in human health outcomes. The book aims not only to showcase the perspective that biological anthropologists bring to the burgeoning field of evolutionary medicine, but to underscore the context of human life history -- especially the concept of evolutionary trade-offs and the ensuing biological processes that can affect health status over the life course. This dual emphasis on life history theory and life cycle biology will make for a valuable ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
460g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493940363
SKU
V9781493940363
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About Grazyna Jasienska (Ed.)
Grazyna Jasienska, PhD: Dr. Jasienska is a biological anthropologist whose research interests include reproductive ecology, human fertility, life history, and the implications of evolutionary biology for medicine and public health. She has recently completed a book on the subject of evolutionary medicine entitled The Fragile Wisdom: An Evolutionary View on Women's Biology and Health, currently in press ... Read more

Reviews for The Arc of Life: Evolution and Health Across the Life Course
The volume consists of 11 chapters that track human life history from parental experiences through juvenile development, maturation, and midlife to postreproductive age. ... This book will be used in graduate seminars in human biology and biological anthropology. ... this is a stimulating progress report on the current state of one of several useful perspectives on evolutionary medicine. (Stephen ... Read more

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