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The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol

Author / Creator: Dudley, Robert, 1961-
Available as: Online; Physical
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...

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.

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Creator: Robert Dudley
Format: Books
Language: English
Publication: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Physical Details: xvi, 154 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBNs: 9780520275690, 1306329760, 9780520958173, 9781306329767, 0520958179, 0520275691
OCLC: ocn868278449, ocn869457130, ocn857234334

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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