Virpi Lummaa
Professor
Department of Biology virpi.lummaa@utu.fi +358 29 450 2097 +358 50 438 2044 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Office: 242 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2128-7587 |
Areas of expertise
Evolutionary ecology and genetics; human life history; natural selection; evolutionary biology of Asian elephants; ageing; senescence; behavioural ecology; lifespan; reproductive success; endocrinology; health; sex differences; socio-econimic differences;
Evolutionary ecology and genetics; human life history; natural selection; evolutionary biology of Asian elephants; ageing; senescence; behavioural ecology; lifespan; reproductive success; endocrinology; health; sex differences; socio-econimic differences;
Publications 
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- Measuring Social Integration Through Participation: Categorizing Organizations and Leisure Activities in the Displaced Karelians Interview Archive using LLMs (2026) Proceedings of the 10th Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature 2026 Laato, Joonatan; Schroderus, Veera; Kanerva, Jenna; Kauppi, Jenni; Lummaa, Virpi; Ginter, Filip
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Pair-bond and survival in historical population: Marriage, widowhood, and social class (2026)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Population genomic assessment of semi-captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) from Myanmar: endangered species management and conservation implications (2026)
- BMC Genomics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Socioeconomic status influenced dispersal in early adulthood in Finland from 1760 to 1969 (2026)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The reference genome of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus): a foundation for conservation and genomic research (2026)
- BMC Genomics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Age- and sex-dependent associations between the number of older siblings and early-life survival in pre-industrial humans (2025)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Close and more distant relatives are associated with child mortality risk in historical Finland (2025)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mothers facing greater environmental adversity experience increased costs of reproduction (2025)
- Science Advances
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Socioeconomic Differences in Vaccination Coverage After a Mandatory Vaccination Law, 1855-1900 (2025)
- JAMA Network Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The spatial distribution of pertussis, but not measles or smallpox, in pre-industrial Finland matches dialects (2025)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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