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Does Aging Stop? reveals the most paradoxical finding of recent aging research: the cessation of demographic aging. The authors show that aging stops at the level of the individual organism, and explain why evolution allows this. The implications of this counter-intuitive conclusion are profound, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mueller, Laurence D., 1951-
Other Authors: Rauser, Casandra L., 1974-, Rose, Michael R. (Michael Robertson), 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Aging.
Longevity.
Mortality.
Human evolution.
Aging
Longevity
Mortality
Vieillissement.
Longévité.
Mortalité.
Êtres humains > Évolution.
mortality.
Human evolution
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Does Aging Stop? reveals the most paradoxical finding of recent aging research: the cessation of demographic aging. The authors show that aging stops at the level of the individual organism, and explain why evolution allows this. The implications of this counter-intuitive conclusion are profound, and aging research now needs to accept uncomfortable truths.
Item Description:Title from home page (viewed on Sept. 5, 2011).
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199896714
0199896712