Comments on: Aging in men: An evolutionary perspective

By: David Stoeckl

David Stoeckl — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:44:38 +0000

As I wander through my 6th decade on this planet, I wonder. Why do I suddenly need to trim the hair in my ears and nose? Why has my skin coarsened, and my face is deeply incised with lines? Why is my beard and hair graying? And why, though I’m thin and fit and can split wood and climb hills as well as many men half my age, do young women not longer see me as strongly handsome and studly, but as sad and pathetic?

And thus I advance my “Theory of Tertiary Sexual Characteristics”. Just as secondary sexual characteristics signal the physical maturity to serve as potential mating partners, Tertiary Sexual Characteristics, the external signs of aging, signal that my DNA is old and broken, and at a glance, potential partners can see I am no longer in the broad pool of likely successful reproductive choices.

I will leave it to someone with more time left for the necessary longitudinal studies to verify this.

By: Obstreperous Applesauce

Obstreperous Applesauce — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 03:17:36 +0000

“our Rob or Ross”
~ Dave Lister

or Russell?

By: Brainstorms

Brainstorms — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 02:46:55 +0000

Russell is trying to create an internet ouroboros.

By: Obstreperous Applesauce

Obstreperous Applesauce — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 01:50:08 +0000

Well Russell, I have my qualms about narratives, but the fact is that some people only relate to instructive tales told around the campfire. What would you recommend?

Also, BTW, did you check that link?

By: Russell Seitz

Russell Seitz — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 01:11:06 +0000

The palaeolithic prescription seems to have given way to The Troglodyte Narrative

By: Christopher Winter

Christopher Winter — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 01:33:09 +0000

It’s interesting how interests sometimes dovetail. In high school I did a project on Colin Turnbull’s The Forest People (the pygmies of the Ituri Forest.) I had to go to the NY main library to get the text.

Sisi na’agopa!

By: Christopher Winter

Christopher Winter — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 01:12:54 +0000

(It is hard to find these days. To find it and related titles on Amazon, look for this book first, and track the PP down via the author name Konner.)

I’ve found eBay to be a good source for books. This one (The Paleolithic Prescription) is available from a good number of sources (in various conditions). Better World Books has it in “good” condition) for $3.97.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 17:46:36 +0000

You can probably get the The Paleolithic Prescription here

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 01:07:44 +0000

L.Long, before you marry someone to start a family, interview your prospective spouse’s great great grandparents.

By: L.Long

L.Long — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 21:13:38 +0000

Only one way to really age well…pick the right grandparents!!!