The drunken monkey, why we drink and abuse alcohol, Robert Dudley
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The drunken monkey, why we drink and abuse alcohol, Robert Dudley
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The drunken monkey
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
857234334
Responsibility statement
Robert Dudley
Sub title
why we drink and abuse alcohol
Summary
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 links the fruit-eating behavior of arboreal primates to the evolution of the sensory skills they use to identify ripe and fermented fruits that contain sugar and low levels of alcohol. In addition to introducing this new theory of the relationship between humans and 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 general readers, scholars, and students in comparative and evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, medicine, and public health
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- The fruits of fermentation -- On the inebriation of elephants -- Aping about in the forest -- A first-rate molecule -- Alcoholics aren't anonymous -- Winos in the mist
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