附註:"Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Between Zeus and the Salmon : Introduction / Kenneth W. Wachter -- The Empirical Demography of Survival -- 2. Trajectories of Mortality at Advanced Ages / James W. Vaupel -- 3. In Search of Limits / John R. Wilmoth -- Evolutionary Theory and Senescence -- 4. The Evolution of Senescence / Shripad Tuljapurkar -- 5. Evolutionary Biology and Age-Related Mortality / Linda Partridge -- 6. Toward an Evolutionary Demography / Michael R. Rose -- 7. Identification and Mapping of Genes Determining Longevity / Thomas E. Johnson, David R. Shook -- The Elderly in Nature -- 8. Population Biology of the Elderly / James R. Carey, Catherine Gruenfelder -- 9. Postreproductive Survival / Steven N. Austad -- 10. The Evolution of the Human Life Course / Hillard Kaplan -- 11. Intergenerational Relations and the Elderly / Ronald D. Lee -- Data for the Future -- 12. The Potential of Population Surveys for Genetic Studies / Robert B. Wallace -- Conclusion -- 13. Comparative Perspectives on Plasticity in Human Aging and Life Spans / Caleb E. Finch.
