Death on earth
Subtitle: adventures in evolution and mortality
By: Jules Howard
Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781472915078; 9781472915085
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Death (Biology); Natural selection; Mortality; Human evolution
Other titles: Adventures in evolution and mortality
Description: Explores the never-ending cycle of death and its impact on the living, including the latest scientific discoveries, characteristics of animals with longevity, and cultural taboos.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. This is a dead frog. Life and death in the universe ; Senescence and what waits for the lucky few ; Fear and loathing in Birchwood ; Free radicals and the secrets within ; This is a dead frog; title: Part 2. The experimental pig phase. The circus under the tent ; Sex and death : the contract killer ; Coffee with the widow-maker ; Suicide, snowy owls and the executioner inside ; This is not a sheep ; The grotto salamander and the guano ; The horrid ground-weaver ; Dark matters; title: Part 3. Journey to the end of the shitatite. Bring out your dead ants ; Mourning has broken ; Who wants to live forever? ; No, this is a dead frog; title: Epilogue: The meaning of the loa loa.