Introduction / Britteny M. Howell and Ryan P. Harrod
Part I. Evolutionary and Biological Perspectives on Aging
Reproductive and Social Aspects of Aging in Non-Human Primates / Joyce A. Parga
Human Adaptability to Age-Related Biological Changes / Ryan P. Harrod and Alyssa Willett
Biocultural Perspectives on Aging: Importance of the Microbiome / Melissa K. Melby, Ankita Kansal, and Mark Nichter
Aging and Childcare: A Biocultural Approach to Grandmothering in Ukraine / Sofiya Shreyer and Julie Hemment
Menopause: A lifespan perspective with a focus on stress / Peteneinuo Rulu and Lynnette Leidy Sievert
Part II. Medical and Cultural Perspectives on Aging
Age-Related Changes in Human Skin: Impacts on Health and Perceptions of Attractiveness / Heather L. Norton
How Old is Your Patient?: A Medical Anthropological Approach to Age / Suzan Yazici and Nilufer Korkmaz Yaylagul
The Importance of Traditional Foods and Subsistence Activities for Healthy Aging in Alaska Native Communities / Britteny M. Howell, Ruby L. Fried & Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka
Caring for Karma: Death, Rebirth, and the Other "Successful Aging" On the Roof of the World / Jing Wang
The Aging Body in Islam: Exploring the Experiences of Older, Dying Muslims in the United States / Cortney Hughes Rinker
Dementia and the Divided Personhood in China / Yan Zhang
Generativity, Gender, and a 'Good Old Age among Urban Dwelling Older Yoruba People in Southwest Nigeria / Ojo Melvin Agunbiade
Part III. Anthropological Theory and Methods for Researching Aging
Conceptualizing Frailty in the Quick and the Dead / Douglas E. Crews and Kathryn E. Marklein
Methodological Issues in Participatory Research with Older Adults / Jean J. Schensul
Recruiting Participants for Dementia Research Without Saying "Dementia": A Site Study in Central Mexico / Eric E. Griffith
Future Directions for an Anthropology of Aging / Britteny M. Howell and Ryan P. Harrod