Mirkka Lahdenperä
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
mirkka.lahdenpera@utu.fi +358 29 450 2079 +358 50 541 7246 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0062-6284 |
Areas of expertise
evolutionary health, health behaviour, death causes, social living environment, physical living environment, milk composition, evolutionary ecology, life history, co-operation, conflict, kin effects, evolution of longevity, post-reproductive lifespan
evolutionary health, health behaviour, death causes, social living environment, physical living environment, milk composition, evolutionary ecology, life history, co-operation, conflict, kin effects, evolution of longevity, post-reproductive lifespan
Biography
Research
My research focus on evolutionary perspectives of human health, life-history and social networks. I'm also interested in similar questions in other long-lived animals.
Publications 
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- Neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and the risk of preterm delivery (2026)
- BMJ Paediatrics Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pair-bond and survival in historical population: Marriage, widowhood, and social class (2026)
- iScience
(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 role of human milk oligosaccharides in shaping and restoring infant gut microbiota: Population-based cohort study (2026)
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Association of Paternal BMI and Diet During Pregnancy with Offspring Birth Measures : The STEPS Study (2025)
- Nutrients
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Changes in food habits during the transition to retirement: the Whitehall II cohort study (2025)
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
(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) - Asian elephant calf physiology and mahout perspectives during taming in Myanmar (2024)
- Royal Society Open Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fertility resilience varies by socioeconomic status and sex : Historical trends in childlessness across 150 years (2024)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Menopause has not evolved as a general trait in mammals: A response to ‘Do mammals have menopause?’ (2024)
- bioRxiv
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