TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - The lure of death: suicide and human evolution
JO  - Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
A1  - Humphrey, Nicholas
SP  - e269
EP  - e269
VL  - 373
IS  - 1754
N2  - At some point in evolutionary history, human beings came to understand, as no non-human animals do, that death brings to an end a person's bodily and mental presence in the world. A potentially devastating consequence was that individuals, seeking to escape physical or mental pain, might choose to kill themselves.This article is part of the theme issue 'Evolutionary thanatology: impacts of the dead on the living in humans and other animals'.<br><br>© 2018 The Author(s).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0962-8436
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0269
ID  - ref1
ER  -