The Arc of Life Evolution and Health Across the Life Course /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jasienska, Grazyna (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sherry, Diana S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Holmes, Donna J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Public health.; Developmental biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Anthropology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Public Health.; Developmental Biology.

This book 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 unde...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Intergenerational Memories of Past Nutritional Deprivation: The Phenotypic Inertia Model
• Modeling Developmental Plasticity in Human Growth: Buffering the Past or Predicting the Future?
• Development of Human Sociosexual
• Evolutionary Perspectives on Teen Motherhood: How Young Is Too Young?
•  Health, Evolution, and Reproductive Strategies in Men: New Hypotheses and Directions
• Immunity, Hormones and Life History Trade-Offs
• Thyroid Disorders At Midlife: An Evolutionary Perspective
• Women’s Health in the Post-menopausal Age
• Costs of Reproduction, Health and Lifespan in Women
• From Novel To Extreme: Contemporary Environments and Physiologic Dysfunction.