Research report 2004 - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Evolutionary demography: new perspectives for research on ageing and longevity
Authors
James W. Vaupel; Kristín G. v. Kistowski
Departments
Altern und Langlebigkeit (James Vaupel)
MPI für demografische Forschung, Rostock
Summary
Evolutionary demography is an emerging field at the cutting edge between demography, evolutionary ecology, life-history biology and mathematics. This interdisciplinary approach sheds light on the fundamental question of why we age by understanding the general mechanisms that shape the evolution of age-trajectories of mortality, fertility, growth, resource acquisitions and transfers.