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ISBN: | 9780520958173 0520958179 1306329760 9781306329767 9780520275690 0520275691
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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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.
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Other form: | Print version: Dudley, Robert, 1961- Drunken monkey. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014] 9780520275690
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Standard no.: | 10.1525/9780520958173
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