New Paper: Sex differences in adult mortality rate mediated by early-life conditions

Our latest paper shows that early-life environment is associated with sex differences in adult mortality and expected lifespan. Out now in Ecology Letters:
http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/ele.12888

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Relatives may help or hinder children’s survival -finds a study from historical Finland

Humans engage in cooperative childcare, meaning that raising offspring is not solely the responsibility of the parents but also involves contributions from other members of the social group.

Susanna Ukonaho defended her PhD thesis ”Mandates and incentives: implementing Finlands first vaccination campaign against smallpox” 14.6.2024

Susanna Ukonaho defended her PhD thesis ”Mandates and incentives: implementing Finlands first vaccination campaign against smallpox” at the University of Turku in June 2024.

Kohtaamiset muovaavat meitä - Aurora 2/2023

Euroopan suurin henkilökohtainen tutkimusrahoitus Turkuun – Virpi Lummaa yhdistää miljoonaprojektissa Karjalan evakkoja ja myanmarilaisia metsätyönorsuja

Lähes 2,5 miljoonan euron rahoituksella toteutettava tutkimus pureutuu vaikutuksiin, joita yhteiskunnan muuttuminen on aiheuttanut sukulaisverkostoille.

Professor Virpi Lummaa receives nearly €2.5 million in EU funding for research on how societal changes influence human kinship networks

Professor of Evolutionary Biology Virpi Lummaa from the University of Turku in Finland has received a major funding from the European Research Council ERC.

The Times 31.5.2023: Grannies are great at keeping children healthy

Kaya Burgess, Science Reporter
Wednesday May 31 2023, 7:40am BST, The Times

Aïda Nitsch et al published in Scientific Reports about sibling competition, dispersal and fitness outcomes in humans

Nitsch A, Faurie C, Lummaa V.

Kapteeni Pauli J.Wiro 1943, valokuvaaja. Sotamuseo.

Brand new paper out by Euan Young et al: The long-lasting legacy of reproduction: lifetime reproductive success shapes expected genetic contributions of humans after 10 generations

Euan Young, Ellie Chesterton, Virpi Lummaa, Erik Postma and Hannah L.

Kuvaaja Liina Cantell 1910. Museovirasto

Check out the new article by Chapman et al: Grandparental co-residence and grandchild survival: the role of resource competition in a pre-industrial population

Simon Chapman, Mirkka Danielsbacka, Antti O. Tanskanen, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Jenni Pettay and Virpi Lummaa published a paper in Behavioural Ecology:

University of Turku Receives €12.3M in Strategic Funding from the Academy of Finland in the Profi 7 Call

13.01.2023