Aging, Senescence, and Human Variation

Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 637-692

  Crews, Douglas E ^a   Ice, Gillian H ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging, senescence, and human variation; Human longevity evolution; Stressors, evolutionary trade offs within a complex soma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887210105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118108062.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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