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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777895103321

Autore

Shostak Stanley

Titolo

The evolution of death [[electronic resource] ] : why we are living longer / / Stanley Shostak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7914-8081-X

1-4294-1357-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in philosophy and biology

Disciplina

613.2

Soggetti

Aging

Death

Life expectancy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Evolution : death's unifying principle -- Charting death's evolution and life's extension -- Rethinking lifecycles and arrows -- Keeping life afloat -- Putting cells in the picture -- Neoteny and longevity.