03210nam 2200661Ia 450 991081893620332120240417033638.00-7914-8081-X1-4294-1357-3(CKB)1000000000467324(OCoLC)76821622(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575892(SSID)ssj0000151434(PQKBManifestationID)11910609(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151434(PQKBWorkID)10318017(PQKB)10170758(OCoLC)868030727(MdBmJHUP)muse6482(Au-PeEL)EBL3407466(CaPaEBR)ebr10575892(DE-B1597)682006(DE-B1597)9780791480816(MiAaPQ)EBC3407466(EXLCZ)99100000000046732420051220d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe evolution of death why we are living longer /Stanley Shostak1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20061 online resource (262 p.) SUNY series in philosophy and biologyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6946-8 0-7914-6945-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-233) and index.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.In The Evolution of Death, the follow-up to Becoming Immortal: Combining Cloning and Stem-Cell Therapy, also published by SUNY Press, Stanley Shostak argues that death, like life, can evolve. Observing that literature, philosophy, religion, genetics, physics, and gerontology still struggle to explain why we die, Shostak explores the mystery of death from a biological perspective.Death, Shostak claims, is not the end of a linear journey, static and indifferent to change. Instead, he suggests, the current efforts to live longer have profoundly affected our ecological niche, and we are evolving into a long-lived species. Pointing to the artificial means currently used to prolong life, he argues that as we become increasingly juvenilized in our adult life, death will become significantly and evolutionarily delayed. As bodies evolve, the embryos of succeeding generations may be accumulating the stem cells that preserve and restore, providing the resources necessary to live longer and longer. If trends like this continue, Shostak contends, future human beings may join the ranks of other animals with indefinite life spans.SUNY series in philosophy and biology.AgingDeathLife expectancyAging.Death.Life expectancy.613.2Shostak Stanley624765MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818936203321The evolution of death3984277UNINA