年龄是大家都熟悉的名词,但在日常生活与工作中常常表达不够准确。本文运用文献调查的方法详细地介绍了年龄的定义,从文化和科学两个层面叙述了年龄的计算方法、年龄的分段及年龄与寿命,其目的在于对年龄的概念有一个比较准确的认识,以便在科学研究及日常生活中正确使用,这对医学、体育科学、法医学和考古学等都有重要意义。
Age is a term familiar to everyone,however it sometimes is incorrectly used in scientific study and everyday life,the paper describes the concept,calcutating methods and stage of age and life-span,in scientific and cultural view on literatures,which is important to medicine,sport science,forensic medicine and archaeology,etc.