Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer by Michael D. Gurven

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Seven Decades traces the story of how humans went from short, precarious lives to the unprecedented longevity of the modern era. The book emerged from a desire to explain the evolutionary roots of our extended lifespans and to explore what that longevity means for our health, purpose, and social lives today. Inspired by the striking contrast between the lives of people in small-scale, subsistence societies and those in modern industrial nations—especially in how they age, remain active, and maintain social ties late in life—Seven Decades offers a compelling narrative of how our long lives came to be—and how we might live them better.

Michael Gurven is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, and associate director of the Broom Demography Center, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on human evolution, health, aging, and cooperation. He is co-director of the Tsimane Health and Life History Project, a long-term study of an Indigenous Amazonian population that has reshaped understanding of longevity and chronic disease.

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“If you can read this, thank a teacher” So runs a favorite t-shirt slogan. This book inspires me to coin a variant: “If you understand why you exist and rejoice in that understanding, thank a science teacher.” More specifically, thank a teacher of evolution." - From foreward by Richard Dawkins

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