Men - evolutionary and life history / Richard G. Bribiescas.

By: Bribiescas, Richard G [author]
Language: English Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2006Description: 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0674022939 (alk. paper); 9780674022935 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Men | Men -- Physiology | Human evolutionDDC classification: 306.4 LOC classification: HQ1090 | .B743 2006
Contents:
Setting the stage -- Human male, and everything in between.
Summary: "Men: Evolutionary and Life History presents a new approach to understanding the human male by drawing upon life history and evolutionary theory. Because life history theory focuses on the timing of, and energetic investment in, particular aspects of physiology, such as growth and reproduction, Richard Bribiescas and his fellow anthropologists are now using it in the study of humans. This has led to an increased understanding of human female physiology - especially growth and reproduction - from an evolutionary and life history perspective. However, little attention has been directed toward these characteristics in males. Men provides a new understanding of human male physiology and applies it to contemporary health issues such as prostate cancer, testosterone replacement therapy, and the development of a male contraceptive." "Men proves that understanding human physiology requires global research in traditionally overlooked areas and that evolutionary and life history theory have much to offer toward this endeavor."
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Includes index

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-288)

Setting the stage -- Human male, and everything in between.


"Men: Evolutionary and Life History presents a new approach to understanding the human male by drawing upon life history and evolutionary theory. Because life history theory focuses on the timing of, and energetic investment in, particular aspects of physiology, such as growth and reproduction, Richard Bribiescas and his fellow anthropologists are now using it in the study of humans. This has led to an increased understanding of human female physiology - especially growth and reproduction - from an evolutionary and life history perspective. However, little attention has been directed toward these characteristics in males. Men provides a new understanding of human male physiology and applies it to contemporary health issues such as prostate cancer, testosterone replacement therapy, and the development of a male contraceptive." "Men proves that understanding human physiology requires global research in traditionally overlooked areas and that evolutionary and life history theory have much to offer toward this endeavor."

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