Aging is a group-selected adaptation : theory, evidence, and medical implications - Mitteldorf, Josh (Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2017)
Hormesis -- The diverse demography of aging -- Aging is not caused by accumulated damage -- Three prevailing theories and their failings -- Aging is very old -- Evolving population control -- How might aging have evolved as an adaptation? -- Reforming evolutionary theory -- A new paradigm for medical research.
'A Science Publishers book.'
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Aging -- genetics; Adaptation, Physiological; Biological Evolution; Population dynamics