Methuselah's Zoo
By Steven N. Austad
By Steven N. Austad
By Steven N. Austad
By Steven N. Austad
By Steven N. Austad
By Steven N. Austad
Category: Science & Technology | Wellness
Category: Science & Technology | Wellness
Category: Science & Technology | Wellness
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$22.95
Aug 15, 2023 | ISBN 9780262547178
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$29.95
Aug 16, 2022 | ISBN 9780262047098
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Aug 16, 2022 | ISBN 9780262370608
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Praise
“For aspiring scientists and health care advocates.”
— Library Journal
“It was refreshing to read Methuselah’s Zoo, the latest book from biologist Steven Austad, who expresses with clarity what we know and what we don’t know about aging.”
—Science
“I recommend Methuselah’s Zoo . . . a smartly written book . . . an entertaining tour of the whole animal kingdom in all its mad variety. I had no idea I would so enjoy reading about the naked mole rat, or indeed the “human fish”, a type of salamander that lurks in Balkan caves . . . Austad knows more about his subject than anyone on the planet.”
—The Telegraph
Table Of Contents
Preface ix
1 Doctor Dunnet’s Fulmar 1
I Longevity in the Air
2 The Origin of Flight 19
3 Pterosaurs: The First Flying Vertebrates 31
4 Birds: the Longest-Lived Dinosaurs 41
5 Bats: The Longest-Lived Mammals 59
II Longevity on the Earth
6 Tortoises and Tuataras: Longevity on Islands 81
7 Queen for a Lifetime 101
8 Tunnels and Caves 113
9 The Behemoths (Elephants) 129
10 Big Brains (Nonhuman Primates) 147
III Longevity in the Sea
11 Urchins, Worms, and Quahogs 177
12 Fishes and Sharks 199
13 Whales Tales 219
IV Human Longevity
14 The Human Longevity Story 245
15 Methuselah’s Zoo Moving Forward 269
Appendix 277
Notes 279
Further Reading 289
Index 293
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