Biological Anthropology and Aging
Perspectives on Human Variation Over the Life Span
Edited by Douglas E. Crews and Ralph M. Garruto
Table of Contents
Foreword, P.T. Baker
Prologue: Human Aging - A Paradigm of Transdisciplinary Research, D.E. Crews and R.M. Garruto
Part I: Introduction and Background
1: Aging as a worldwide phenomenon, T.P. Miles, J.A. Brody
Part II Evolutionary Biology of Aging and Senescence
2: Human population biology and the evolution of human aging, J.W. Wood, S.C. Weeks, G.R. Bentley, K.M. Weiss
3: The genetics of longevity in humans, T. Turner, M.L. Weiss
4: Cousin marriage and the X-chromosome: Evolution of longevity and language, S. Katz, D. Armstrong
Part III Populations, Environment, and Morbidity
5: Primate gerontology: An emerging discipline, C.J. DeRousseau
6: Chronic degenerative diseases and aging, D.E. Crews, L.M. Gerber
7: Human immune system aging: Approaches, examples, and ideas, P.J. Mayer
8: Neuronal aging and age-related disorders of the human nervous system, M.J. Strong, R.M. Garruto
9: Nutrition and aging: Intraindividual variation, W. Stini
10: Skeletal changes in human aging, C.C. Plato, K.M. Fox, J.D. Tobin
11: Fat, lipid and blood pressure changes in the adult years, S.M. Garn
12: Aging and blood pressure, G.D. James, M.A. Pecker
13: Aging and adaptation to the environment, C. Beall
14: Modeling the variability in longitudinal patterns of aging, L.J. Brant, C.D. Pearson
15: Morphological indicators of skeletal age: Implications for paleodemography and paleogerontology, S.R. Loth, M.Y. Iscan
16: Role of the National Institute on Aging, P.B. Eveleth
Epilogue: Human aging - The scientific relevance of transdisciplinary approaches, R.M. Garruto, D.E. Crews