How Men Age: What Evolution Reveals about Male Health and Mortality

Why did the author only focus on how evolution affects the aging process in men? He should have covered women as well. The book could easily have been a hundred pages longer. Also, the concept of "evolution" needed more explication. There are two kinds being discussed: natural and social. Natural evolution explains the changing levels of testosterone throughout a man's life. Social evolution explains the changing role of men in a society where reliable contraceptive technology has enabled women to assume societal roles traditionally played only by men. Overall, the book struck me as a means the author was using to attract funding for further research in a relatively narrow field of study. Despite these limitations the book does offer valuable insights into why men naturally age as they do. There is an upside to exchanging muscle for love handles!

The author, an anthropologist rather than a doctor, starts in a promising way and makes some interesting points but the title is misleading. The book deals with male longevity and a couple of male aging issues from an evolutionary perspective, for example changes in hormones that lead to loss of muscle and gain in fat. But the book does not deal with many other aspects of aging. Also there is something disorganized about the structure with lots of digressions and and observations that are irrelevant. The author tries to straddle two audiences, a technical and a general one. Like a lot of nonfiction, this would have been better as a 12 or 15 page magazine article rather than a book.

Gave this to my dad as a Christmas present.

This is a bio-chemical explanation of how the body changes as it ages. There is little reference to how the body looks differently, or how in daily life the changes affect our living. It will be great for courses in bio-chemistry, but it gives little guidance or explanation of what these changes mean for men who are aging.

I'm a healthy 82 . This book was about statistics of 60+ men in general and for me had very little to offer in the real aging process. Disappointing and poorly written.

Good

Good technical review of related data to not only men getting older but also related topics that affect both sexes. It was not what I expected but informative.

Heard the author on Doctor's radio XM 110. So I bought the book. Truly enjoying the read. Read, understand, and live longer.

Mr. Bribiescas comes out as a nice, sophisticated, accomplished person, and I do not want my frustration with reading his book to hurt him, and this is a "personal" review, not a professional one - that is it is a review about my exepctations and my experience reading the book ... thus, in trying to complete reading this book, after chapter 4 of 7, I am jerked from the couch to the computer to write a review.I was called into the book by a fantastic title - three words HOW, MEN, AGE... a briefest of titles that unequivocally applies to 3 billion people. And by an extremely well designed cover, with a smiling face.... and written by... a Yale professor who is also a dedicated biologist - I learn in the book that he has other ancillary provost roles at Yale, and published by Princeton..., so perhaps it is I who are at fault in expecting a textbook like presentation, an attempt at a cohesive presentation, or a restrained account.I have the habit of summing up for myself each chapter, and making a mental idea of what I have read, and what use is in knowing all that. Unfortunately, I found myself after the first 60-70 pages of 170, speed reading, and finally, dropping it altogether. Part of the book is referring summarily statistical findings of male populations in different societies, and its commentary. After much insistence on my part, I found the commentary added nothing to the data, so I finished my dealings with the book by just looking at the graphs and thinking for myself.It is a real pity, I am sure a good editor would have turned out a much better book with Mr. Bibriescas, who is clearly able.