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Author Dudley, Robert, 1961- author.

Title The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol / Robert Dudley
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 154 pages)
Contents 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
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 theo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
Alcoholism.
Human evolution.
Primates -- Evolution.
Human physiology.
Monkeys -- Physiology.
Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholism
alcoholism.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
Alcohol -- Physiological effect
Alcoholism
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Human evolution
Human physiology
Monkeys -- Physiology
Primates -- Evolution
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013033162
ISBN 9780520958173
0520958179
1306329760
9781306329767