Between Zeus and the salmon : the biodemography of longevity / Kenneth W. Wachter and Caleb E. Finch, editors ; Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wachter, Kenneth W., editor.

Finch, Caleb E., editor.

Committee on Population.

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

National Research Council (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Longevity.

Demography.

Human evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academy Press, 1997.

Summary:

Contains revised versions of 13 papers originally presented at an April 1996 workshop on longevity held in Washington D.C., sponsored by the National Research Council, attended by demographers, evolutionary theorists, genetic epidemiologists, anthropologists, and biologists. Several papers look at t

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (ebrary, viewed September 8, 2015).

ISBN:

0-309-37008-6

OCLC:

961451374