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The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol / Robert Dudley

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xvi, 154 pages)) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781306329767
  • 1306329760
  • 9780520958173
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780520958173 | 9780520275690 | 1306329523 | Erscheint auch als: 9780520275690 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 394.1/3 23
  • 394.13
LOC classification:
  • GT2884
  • GT2884 .D84 2014
Online resources: Summary: Alcoholism, as opposed to the safe consumption of alcohol, remains a major public health issue. In this accessible book, Robert Dudley presents an intriguing evolutionary interpretation to explain the persistence of alcohol-related problems. Providing a deep-time, interdisciplinary perspective on today's patterns of alcohol consumption and abuse, Dudley traces the link between the fruit-eating behavior of arboreal primates and the evolution of the sensory skills required to identify ripe and fermented fruits that contain sugar and low levels of alcohol. In addition to introducing this new theory of the relationship of humans to alcohol, the book discusses the supporting research, implications of the hypothesis, and the medical and social impacts of alcoholism. The Drunken Monkey is designed for interested readers, scholars, and students in comparative and evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, medicine, and public health.Summary: Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Fruits of Fermentation -- 3. On the Inebriation of Elephants -- 4. Aping About in the Forest -- 5. A First-Rate Molecule -- 6. Alcoholics Aren't Anonymous -- 7. Winos in the Mist -- Postscript -- Sources and Recommended Reading -- Index.PPN: PPN: 807215546Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE | ZDB-89-EBL
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