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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 to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dudley, Robert, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Temas:
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Alcohol > Physiological effect.
Alcoholism.
Human evolution.
Primates > Evolution.
Human physiology.
Monkeys > Physiology.
Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholism
Consommation d'alcool.
Alcool > Effets physiologiques.
Alcoolisme.
Homme > Évolution.
Primates > Évolution.
Physiologie humaine.
alcoholism.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Addiction.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 theo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 154 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520958173
0520958179
1306329760
9781306329767

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