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- Features a multi-disciplinary ensemble of the latest research by leading biological anthropologists
- Emphasizes on life cycle biology inclusive of both sexes over the entire lifespan
- Provides multi-disciplinary contributions made primarily by biological anthropologists
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“The volume consists of 11 chapters that track human life history from parental experiences through juvenile development, maturation, and midlife to postreproductive age. … This book will be used in graduate seminars in human biology and biological anthropology. … this is a stimulating progress report on the current state of one of several useful perspectives on evolutionary medicine.” (Stephen C. Stearns, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 92 (3), September, 2017)
“The book is a good introduction to a diverse set of active research threads in biological anthropology on evolution, health and disease. I expect it will be of interest to a graduate students and researchers in the fields of evolutionary medicine as well as health professionals with an interest in health and disease as an interaction between our evolutionary past and our present environments.” (Daniel Hruschka, EvMed Review, evmedreview.com, January, 2017)
Editors and Affiliations
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Diana S. Sherry, PhD: Dr. Sherry is a biological anthropologist with primary research interests in metabolic health and reproductive ecology and physiology. She has studied the nutritional ecology of Hadza hunter-gatherers in relation to seasonal resource availability as well as the effects of body weight and insulin levels on the reproductive hormones of Samoan women in the context of a modernizing society. Dr. Sherry is currently working on a book project in which she describes how modern environments can disrupt ancient physiology, leading to cumulative dysregulation across multiple systems. On leave this year from her faculty position as Science Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute of Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College in Boston, Dr. Sherry maintains an active affiliation with the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.
Donna J. Holmes, PhD: Dr. Holmes is an evolutionary biologist specializing in the comparative biology of aging whose main research interests focus on the evolution of lifespan and female reproductive aging across species, including humans. Recent research projects have centered on the developmental and physiological trade-offs between reproduction, longevity, and health, including a comparative study on the prevention of aging-related oxidative damage to cells and tissues. Dr. Holmes has edited special-topics issues for AGE: Journal of the American Aging Society and currently serves on the editorial board. She is also currently covering the topic of aging as Section Editor for Elsevier's third edition of the Encyclopedia of Human Biology. Dr. Holmes is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and the WWAMI Medical Education Program at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Arc of Life
Book Subtitle: Evolution and Health Across the Life Course
Editors: Grazyna Jasienska, Diana S. Sherry, Donna J. Holmes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-4038-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4036-3Published: 05 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8161-8Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-4038-7Published: 03 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 200
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Anthropology, Public Health, Developmental Biology