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· 제목 : Methuselah's Zoo: What Nature Can Teach Us about Living Longer, Healthier Lives (Hardcover) (『동물들처럼 - 진화생물학으로 밝혀내는 늙지 않음의 과학』원서)
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 과학 > 생명과학 > 생물학
· ISBN : 9780262047098
· 쪽수 : 320쪽
· 출판일 : 2022-08-16
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 과학 > 생명과학 > 생물학
· ISBN : 9780262047098
· 쪽수 : 320쪽
· 출판일 : 2022-08-16
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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
