Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA. Posits that death, like life, can evolve, and explores death from a biological perspective. Includes how biology makes sense of death, how death evolves, and where it is heading. For evolutionary biologists and philosophers. Hardcover, softcover available. DNLM: Death.
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Introduction: Death the Mystery
1
(4)
Part I. How Biology Makes Sense of Death
5
(100)
Evolution: Death's Unifying Principle
7
(34)
Death Evolves!
7
(2)
False Clues: Where Science Got It Wrong
9
(30)
In Sum
39
(2)
Charting Death's Evolution and Life's Extension
41
(16)
Measuring Death's Evolution: Empirical Evidence
42
(6)
Modeling the Evolution of Lifetimes
48
(3)
Accommodating Increased Longevity
51
(4)
In Sum
55
(2)
Rethinking Lifecycles and Arrows
57
(32)
Life as a Cycle: Lifecycles Connect Life to Life
58
(13)
Adaptations to Lifecycles
71
(4)
The Linear View of Life: Life's Arrow
75
(4)
What Is Wrong with the Weismann/Haeckel Doctrine
79
(6)
In Sum
85
(4)
Keeping Life Afloat
89
(16)
Why Is Life So Profligate?
90
(5)
Gambling on Life: Death against the Odd
95
(5)
Improving Profit Margins
100
(4)
In Sum
104
(1)
Part II. How Death Evolves and Where It Is Heading
105
(46)
Putting Cells in the Picture
107
(26)
Cellular Theories of Life and Death
107
(2)
The Cell's Role in Growth and Development
109
(3)
The Cell's Role in Maintenance and Regeneration of Adult Tissues
112
(5)
The Cell's Role in Death
117
(4)
The Cell's Potential Role in Regeneration Therapy
121
(9)
In Sum
130
(3)
Neoteny and Longevity
133
(18)
The Time Is Out of Joint
134
(2)
Juvenile Life Expectancy Spreads Upward
136
(6)
Neoteny and the Germ Line
142
(2)
Fecundity Is Decreasing
144
(4)
In Sum
148
(3)
Afterword
151
(10)
How Death's Evolution Escaped the Gerontologist's Notice
152
(4)
Where Will Death's Evolution Take Us?
156
(5)
Appendix: Different Forms of Life and Death
161
(12)
Notes
173
(24)
Glossary
197
(8)
Bibliography
205
(30)
Index
235
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