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Methuselah's Zoo
What Nature Can Teach Us about Living Longer, Healthier Lives
Taschenbuch von Steven N Austad
Sprache: Englisch

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"Opossums in the wild don't make it to the age of three; our pet cats can live for a decade and a half; cicadas live for seventeen years (spending most of them underground). Whales, however, can live for two centuries and tubeworms for several millennia. Meanwhile, human life expectancy tops out around the mid-eighties, with some outliers living past 100 or even 110. Is there anything humans can learn from the exceptional longevity of some animals in the wild? In Methusaleh's Zoo, Steven Austad tells the stories of some extraordinary animals, considering why, for example, animal species that fly live longer than earthbound species and why animals found in the ocean live longest of all" -- Page 4 of cover.
"Opossums in the wild don't make it to the age of three; our pet cats can live for a decade and a half; cicadas live for seventeen years (spending most of them underground). Whales, however, can live for two centuries and tubeworms for several millennia. Meanwhile, human life expectancy tops out around the mid-eighties, with some outliers living past 100 or even 110. Is there anything humans can learn from the exceptional longevity of some animals in the wild? In Methusaleh's Zoo, Steven Austad tells the stories of some extraordinary animals, considering why, for example, animal species that fly live longer than earthbound species and why animals found in the ocean live longest of all" -- Page 4 of cover.
Über den Autor
Steven N. Austad is Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the inaugural holder of the UAB Protective Life Endowed Chair in Healthy Aging. He is the author of Why We Age: What Science Is Discovering about the Body’s Journey through Life and Real People Don’t Own Monkeys.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface ix
1 Doctor Dunnet's Fulmar 1
I Longevity in the Air
2 The Origin of Flight 19
3 Pterosaurs: The First Flying Vertebrates 31
4 Birds: the Longest-Lived Dinosaurs 41
5 Bats: The Longest-Lived Mammals 59
II Longevity on the Earth
6 Tortoises and Tuataras: Longevity on Islands 81
7 Queen for a Lifetime 101
8 Tunnels and Caves 113
9 The Behemoths (Elephants) 129
10 Big Brains (Nonhuman Primates) 147
III Longevity in the Sea
11 Urchins, Worms, and Quahogs 177
12 Fishes and Sharks 199
13 Whales Tales 219
IV Human Longevity
14 The Human Longevity Story 245
15 Methuselah's Zoo Moving Forward 269
Appendix 277
Notes 279
Further Reading 289
Index 293
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780262547178
ISBN-10: 0262547171
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Austad, Steven N
Hersteller: Penguin Random House LLC
Maße: 226 x 156 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Steven N Austad
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.08.2023
Gewicht: 0,384 kg
Artikel-ID: 126530151
Über den Autor
Steven N. Austad is Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the inaugural holder of the UAB Protective Life Endowed Chair in Healthy Aging. He is the author of Why We Age: What Science Is Discovering about the Body’s Journey through Life and Real People Don’t Own Monkeys.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface ix
1 Doctor Dunnet's Fulmar 1
I Longevity in the Air
2 The Origin of Flight 19
3 Pterosaurs: The First Flying Vertebrates 31
4 Birds: the Longest-Lived Dinosaurs 41
5 Bats: The Longest-Lived Mammals 59
II Longevity on the Earth
6 Tortoises and Tuataras: Longevity on Islands 81
7 Queen for a Lifetime 101
8 Tunnels and Caves 113
9 The Behemoths (Elephants) 129
10 Big Brains (Nonhuman Primates) 147
III Longevity in the Sea
11 Urchins, Worms, and Quahogs 177
12 Fishes and Sharks 199
13 Whales Tales 219
IV Human Longevity
14 The Human Longevity Story 245
15 Methuselah's Zoo Moving Forward 269
Appendix 277
Notes 279
Further Reading 289
Index 293
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780262547178
ISBN-10: 0262547171
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Austad, Steven N
Hersteller: Penguin Random House LLC
Maße: 226 x 156 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Steven N Austad
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.08.2023
Gewicht: 0,384 kg
Artikel-ID: 126530151
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