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2017 Regional Finalist in Science, ForeWord Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards

How Men Age is the first book to explore how natural selection has shaped male aging; how evolutionary theory can inform our understanding of male health and well-being, and how older men may have contributed to the evolution of some of the very traits that make us human, In this informative and entertaining book, ternowned biological anthropologist Richard Bribiescas describes how the challenges males faced in theír evolutionary past ìnfluenced how they age today, and shows how this unique hístory helps explain coramon aspects of male aging, such as erectile dysfunction, bafdness, and shorter lìfe spans compared to women. Bribiescas also reveals how many of the physìcal and behavioral changes that we negatively associate with male agíng may have actually facilicated the emergence of positive traits that have helped make humans successful as a species. Popular science at its most compelling, How Men Age provides

new perspectives on the agìng process in men and how we became human, and also explores future challenges for human evolution.

RICHARD G. BRIBIESCAS is professor of anthropology and ecology and evolutionary

biology at Yale University, where he also serves as depury ps provost for faculty development and diversity. s

“The best short summation I've seen of a massive body of research.”

— MICHAEL SHERMER, WALL STREET JOURNAL

“How Men Age is wry, sly, informative, and provocative.”

— GLENN ALTSCHULER, PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

“Richard Bribiescas covers some interesting uncharted territory. ‘This is not a mere description of ageing. Instead, by considering male ageing in the light of natural selection, is aims to answer big questions... . Testosterone peaks in early adulthoed, so daat men are past their physical prime by the age of 30. It's tempting to see ìt as all downhill from there. But with wit and insight, Bribiescas shows convincingly thars

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