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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- SELECTION ON MENOPAUSE IN TWO PREMODERN HUMAN POPULATIONS: NO EVIDENCE FOR THE MOTHER HYPOTHESIS (2011)
- Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pair-bonding modifies the age-specific intensity of natural selection on human female fecundity (2010)
- American Naturalist
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fitness benefits of prolonged post-reproductive lifespan in women (2004)
- Nature
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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