The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol - Rilegato

Dudley, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0520275691 ISBN 13: 9780520275690

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 2014

Riassunto

Alcoholism, as opposed to the safe consumption of alcohol, remains a major public health issue. In this accessible book, Robert Dudley presents an intriguing evolutionary interpretation to explain the persistence of alcohol-related problems. Providing a deep-time, interdisciplinary perspective on today’s patterns of alcohol consumption and abuse, Dudley traces the link between the fruit-eating behavior of arboreal primates and the evolution of the sensory skills required to identify ripe and fermented fruits that contain sugar and low levels of alcohol. In addition to introducing this new theory of the relationship of humans to alcohol, the book discusses the supporting research, implications of the hypothesis, and the medical and social impacts of alcoholism.

The Drunken Monkey is designed for interested readers, scholars, and students in comparative and evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, medicine, and public health.

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L'autore:

Robert Dudley is Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. His research on the evolutionary origins of alcohol consumption has appeared in numerous journals.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0520275691
• ISBN 13: 9780520275690
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 154