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Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans – Read the newest paper in BMC Evolutionary Biology by Simon Chapman et al.
October 23, 2019Chapman SN, Jackson J, Htut W, Lummaa V, Lahdenperä M (2019): Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans. BMC Evolutionary Biology. Abstract Background: The existence of extended post-reproductive lifespan is an evolutionary puzzle, and its taxonomic prevalence is debated. One way of measuring post-reproductive life is with post-reproductive representation, the proportion of adult years lived by females … Read More
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Océane Liehrmann has finished her Master’s Thesis on elephant-mahout working relationship. And won the best poster prize in Paris congress. Congratulations!
October 15, 2019Abstract The nature of relationships between people and animals has been of interest for many centuries. However, the experimental study of these interactions is a relatively recent development, despite the suggestion that Human-Animal interactions may have consequences for animal welfare. Intriguingly, although the Human-Animal relationship is an important factor to take into account in animal … Read More
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Capture from the wild has long-term costs on reproductive success in Asian elephants: Mirkka Lahdenperä et al.’s recent paper is out in Proc R Soc B
October 14, 2019Lahdenperä M., Jackson J., Htut W., Lummaa, V. (2019) Capture from the wild has long-term costs on reproductive success in Asian elephants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286(1912) Abstract Capturing wild animals is common for conservation, economic or research purposes. Understanding how capture itself affects lifetime fitness measures is often difficult because wild and captive … Read More
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Virpi Lummaa talks about natural selection in modern human populations
August 26, 2019Youtube: Virpi Lummaa, 17th Congress of the ESEB 19.-24.8.2019 in Turku, Finland
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Virpi Lummaa interviewed in the Guardian: What is the menopause and when does it strike?
August 26, 2019It’s a natural part of the female life cycle – so why don’t we talk more about the menopause, its debilitating effects and possible mitigation? The Guardian 26.8.2019 by Hannah Devlin What is the menopause? The menopause is when a woman’s fertile period comes to a halt. This is generally a gradual process over months … Read More