Methuselah's zoo : what nature can teach us about living longer, healthier lives /
Austad, Steven N., 1946-
Methuselah's zoo : what nature can teach us about living longer, healthier lives / Steven N. Austad. - xii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Doctor Dunnet's fulmar - The Origin of flight - Pterosaurs: the first flying vertebrates - Birds: the longest-lived dinosaurs - Bats: the longest-lived mammals - Tortoises and tuataras: longevity on islands - Queen for a lifetime - Tunnels and caves - The Behemoths (elephants) - Big brains (nonhuman primates) - Urchins, worms, and quahogs - Fishes and sharks - Whales tales - The Human longevity story - Methuselah's zoo moving forward.
"A natural history of longevity in a wide variety of species along with an exploration of what we can learn from other species to preserve and extend human health"--
9780262047098 0262047098
2021049887
GBC2A9325 bnb
020658067 Uk
Animals--Longevity.
Longevity.
Aging--Prevention.
Methuselah's zoo : what nature can teach us about living longer, healthier lives / Steven N. Austad. - xii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Doctor Dunnet's fulmar - The Origin of flight - Pterosaurs: the first flying vertebrates - Birds: the longest-lived dinosaurs - Bats: the longest-lived mammals - Tortoises and tuataras: longevity on islands - Queen for a lifetime - Tunnels and caves - The Behemoths (elephants) - Big brains (nonhuman primates) - Urchins, worms, and quahogs - Fishes and sharks - Whales tales - The Human longevity story - Methuselah's zoo moving forward.
"A natural history of longevity in a wide variety of species along with an exploration of what we can learn from other species to preserve and extend human health"--
9780262047098 0262047098
2021049887
GBC2A9325 bnb
020658067 Uk
Animals--Longevity.
Longevity.
Aging--Prevention.