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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- Marrying women 15 years younger maximized men's evolutionary fitness in historical Sami (2008)
- Biology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - When fecundity does not equal fitness: evidence of an offspring quantity versus quality trade-off in pre-industrial humans (2008)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maternal reproductive history and the survival and fertility of their children: a study of a pre-industrial Finnish population (2007)
- Early Human Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Natural Selection on Female Life-History Traits in Relation to Socio-Economic Class in Pre-Industrial Human Populations (2007)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Producing sons reduces lifetime reproductive success of subsequent offspring in pre-industrial Finns (2007)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Selection for long lifespan in men: benefits of grandfathering? (2007)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The predictive adaptive response and metabolic syndrome: challenges for the hypothesis (2007)
- Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Are reproductive and somatic senescence coupled in humans? Late, but not early, reproduction correlated with longevity in historical Sami women (2005)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Heritability and genetic constraints of life-history trait evolution in preindustrial humans (2005)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Accelerated immunosenescence in preindustrial twin mothers (2004)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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