Virpi Lummaa
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- Masters Zoology University of Helsinki
- Bachelors Biology University of Helsinki
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Virpi Lummaa is a Finnish evolutionary biologist and ecologist. She is an Academy of Finland professor at the University of Turku. Her research interests include ageing, lifespan, and natural selection in contemporary human populations. In addition to her research into human evolution, Lummaa studies life history patterns, social behavior, and more in Asian elephants, another large, long-lived mammal. Lummaa is currently the Principal Investigator of both the Human Life History Group based at the University of Turku and the Myanmar Timber Elephant Project. She has received a starting grant from the European Research Council.
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- Fitness benefits of prolonged post-reproductive lifespan in women (2004) (495)
- Early development, survival and reproduction in humans (2002) (311)
- Evolution of sex differences in lifespan and aging: Causes and constraints (2013) (196)
- Heritability and genetic constraints of life-history trait evolution in preindustrial humans. (2005) (156)
- Does the contraceptive pill alter mate choice in humans? (2010) (148)
- Personality and reproductive success in a high-fertility human population (2010) (147)
- Sons Reduced Maternal Longevity in Preindustrial Humans (2002) (133)
- Influence of early-life nutrition on mortality and reproductive success during a subsequent famine in a preindustrial population (2013) (122)
- Maternal effects in cooperative breeders: from hymenopterans to humans (2009) (113)
- When fecundity does not equal fitness: evidence of an offspring quantity versus quality trade-off in pre-industrial humans (2008) (112)
- Reproductive Behavior and Personality Traits of the Five Factor Model (2011) (104)
- Severe intergenerational reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause. (2012) (103)
- The predictive adaptive response and metabolic syndrome: challenges for the hypothesis (2007) (97)
- Are reproductive and somatic senescence coupled in humans? Late, but not early, reproduction correlated with longevity in historical Sami women (2005) (95)
- Male twins reduce fitness of female co-twins in humans (2007) (95)
- Natural and sexual selection in a monogamous historical human population (2012) (92)
- Natural Selection on Female Life-History Traits in Relation to Socio-Economic Class in Pre-Industrial Human Populations (2007) (85)
- Early Developmental conditions and reproductive success in humans: Downstream effects of prenatal famine, birthweight, and timing of birth (2003) (84)
- The transition to modernity and chronic disease: mismatch and natural selection (2018) (79)
- Reproductive cessation and post-reproductive lifespan in Asian elephants and pre-industrial humans (2014) (76)
- Why Cry? Adaptive Significance of Intensive Crying in Human Infants (1998) (76)
- Early reproductive investment, senescence and lifetime reproductive success in female Asian elephants (2014) (76)
- Serial monogamy increases reproductive success in men but not in women (2010) (74)
- Nearby grandmother enhances calf survival and reproduction in Asian elephants (2016) (70)
- Natural selection on human twinning (1998) (70)
- Adaptive sex ratio variation in pre–industrial human (Homo sapiens) populations? (1998) (67)
- Senescence and age-specific trade-offs between reproduction and survival in female Asian elephants. (2012) (64)
- Causes and Correlates of Calf Mortality in Captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) (2012) (64)
- Producing sons reduces lifetime reproductive success of subsequent offspring in pre-industrial Finns (2007) (60)
- Food availability at birth limited reproductive success in historical humans. (2010) (57)
- Selection for long lifespan in men: benefits of grandfathering? (2007) (54)
- Different responses to cold weather in two pied flycatcher populations (2002) (52)
- THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL AGE AND REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY ON OFFSPRING SURVIVAL AND LIFETIME REPRODUCTION IN PREINDUSTRIAL HUMANS (2013) (51)
- Elephants born in the high stress season have faster reproductive ageing (2015) (51)
- Are elder siblings helpers or competitors? Antagonistic fitness effects of sibling interactions in humans (2013) (50)
- Month of birth predicted reproductive success and fitness in pre-modern Canadian women (2003) (49)
- Testing the evolutionary basis of the predictive adaptive response hypothesis in a preindustrial human population (2013) (48)
- Distinguishing between determinate and indeterminate growth in a long-lived mammal (2015) (47)
- Stress and body condition are associated with climate and demography in Asian elephants (2015) (47)
- Reproductive investment in pre–industrial humans: the consequences of offspring number, gender and survival (2001) (47)
- Effects of the demographic transition on the genetic variances and covariances of human life‐history traits (2015) (44)
- Spatial dynamics of adaptive sex ratios (2000) (40)
- Personality and testosterone in men from a high-fertility population (2010) (39)
- Accelerated immunosenescence in preindustrial twin mothers. (2004) (38)
- SELECTION ON MENOPAUSE IN TWO PREMODERN HUMAN POPULATIONS: NO EVIDENCE FOR THE MOTHER HYPOTHESIS (2011) (38)
- Demographic and evolutionary trends in ovarian function and aging (2018) (37)
- Climatic variation and age-specific survival in Asian elephants from Myanmar. (2013) (37)
- Induced abortion ratio in modern Sweden falls with age, but rises again before menopause. (2001) (36)
- Middleborns Disadvantaged? Testing Birth-Order Effects on Fitness in Pre-Industrial Finns (2009) (36)
- Seasonality of births in (1998) (35)
- Parasite‐associated mortality in a long‐lived mammal: Variation with host age, sex, and reproduction (2017) (34)
- Costly reproductive competition between co-resident females in humans (2016) (33)
- Differences in age-specific mortality between wild-caught and captive-born Asian elephants (2018) (32)
- Early-life reproduction is associated with increased mortality risk but enhanced lifetime fitness in pre-industrial humans (2015) (32)
- Food and fitness: associations between crop yields and life-history traits in a longitudinally monitored pre-industrial human population (2012) (31)
- The Demographic Transition Influences Variance in Fitness and Selection on Height and BMI in Rural Gambia (2013) (31)
- Increased Mortality Exposure within the Family Rather than Individual Mortality Experiences Triggers Faster Life-History Strategies in Historic Human Populations (2014) (31)
- Birth seasonality and calf mortality in a large population of Asian elephants (2013) (31)
- Gender difference in benefits of twinning in pre‐industrial humans: boys did not pay (2001) (30)
- Personality and long-term reproductive success measured by the number of grandchildren (2014) (28)
- Ecological variation in wealth–fertility relationships in Mongolia: the ‘central theoretical problem of sociobiology’ not a problem after all? (2014) (27)
- Divergent selection on, but no genetic conflict over, female and male timing and rate of reproduction in a human population (2013) (27)
- Maternal Risk of Breeding Failure Remained Low throughout the Demographic Transitions in Fertility and Age at First Reproduction in Finland (2012) (27)
- A trade-off between having many sons and shorter maternal post-reproductive survival in pre-industrial Finland (2013) (27)
- Seasonality of births in Homo sapiens in pre‐industrial Finland: maximisation of offspring survivorship? (1998) (27)
- Culled males, infant mortality and reproductive success in a pre-industrial Finnish population (2015) (26)
- Life-history theory, reproduction and longevity in humans (2007) (25)
- Reduced costs of reproduction in females mediate a shift from a male-biased to a female-biased lifespan in humans (2016) (24)
- Intergenerational effects of maternal birth season on offspring size in rural Gambia (2012) (24)
- SELECTION FOR INCREASED BROOD SIZE IN HISTORICAL HUMAN POPULATIONS (2004) (24)
- Limits to Fitness Benefits of Prolonged Post-reproductive Lifespan in Women (2019) (24)
- Long-term trends in wild-capture and population dynamics point to an uncertain future for captive elephants (2019) (23)
- Selection on male longevity in a monogamous human population: late‐life survival brings no additional grandchildren (2011) (23)
- Short-term and delayed effects of mother death on calf mortality in Asian elephants (2015) (22)
- Investigating changes within the handling system of the largest semi-captive population of Asian elephants (2019) (22)
- Age-Specific Genetic and Maternal Effects in Fecundity of Preindustrial Finnish Women (2008) (21)
- Age at first reproduction and probability of reproductive failure in women (2011) (21)
- Early-life disease exposure and associations with adult survival, cause of death, and reproductive success in preindustrial humans (2016) (20)
- Effects of remarriage after widowhood on long-term fitness in a monogamous historical human population (2013) (20)
- Evolutionary significance of maternal kinship in a long-lived mammal (2019) (20)
- Marrying women 15 years younger maximized men's evolutionary fitness in historical Sami (2008) (20)
- Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans (2019) (19)
- Sex differences in adult mortality rate mediated by early-life environmental conditions. (2018) (19)
- Testing storage methods of faecal samples for subsequent measurement of helminth egg numbers in the domestic horse. (2016) (18)
- The importance of the timescale of the fitness metric for estimates of selection on phenotypic traits during a period of demographic change. (2016) (18)
- Maternal age at birth shapes offspring life-history trajectory across generations in long-lived Asian elephants. (2020) (18)
- A standardised faecal collection protocol for intestinal helminth egg counts in Asian elephants, Elephas maximus (2015) (17)
- Elder brothers affect the life history of younger siblings in preindustrial humans: social consequence or biological cost? (2009) (16)
- Alloparenting in humans: fitness consequences of aunts and uncles on survival in historical Finland (2014) (15)
- Grandmotherhood across the demographic transition (2018) (15)
- Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959 (2017) (15)
- Is bigger better? The relationship between size and reproduction in female Asian elephants (2017) (14)
- How Big Is It Really? Assessing the Efficacy of Indirect Estimates of Body Size in Asian Elephants (2016) (13)
- Evolutionary demography of agricultural expansion in preindustrial northern Finland (2014) (13)
- Menopause: why does fertility end before life? (2004) (13)
- Whether to have a second child or not? An integrative approach to women's reproductive decision-making in current China (2019) (12)
- Offspring fertility and grandchild survival enhanced by maternal grandmothers in a pre-industrial human society (2021) (12)
- Integration involves a trade-off between fertility and status for World War II evacuees (2019) (12)
- Facial attractiveness and fertility in populations with low levels of modern birth control (2012) (12)
- Early-life environment and differences in costs of reproduction in a preindustrial human population (2018) (12)
- An evolutionary approach to change of status–fertility relationship in human fertility transition (2014) (11)
- Parent‐offspring conflict over family size in current China (2017) (11)
- The effects of resource availability and the demographic transition on the genetic correlation between number of children and grandchildren in humans (2016) (11)
- Pair‐Bonding Modifies the Age‐Specific Intensities of Natural Selection on Human Female Fecundity (2010) (10)
- Fitness Consequences of Advanced Ancestral Age over Three Generations in Humans (2015) (10)
- What have humans done for evolutionary biology? Contributions from genes to populations (2017) (9)
- Genetic Associations Between Personality Traits and Lifetime Reproductive Success in Humans (2016) (9)
- Taming age mortality in semi-captive Asian elephants (2020) (9)
- SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE REFERENCE INTERVALS OF HEALTH PARAMETERS IN SEMICAPTIVE ASIAN ELEPHANTS (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) FROM MYANMAR (2020) (9)
- Capture from the wild has long-term costs on reproductive success in Asian elephants (2019) (8)
- The effect of socio-economic status and food availability on first birth interval in a pre-industrial human population (2014) (8)
- Why is lifetime fertility higher in twinning women? (2012) (8)
- Sibship effects on dispersal behaviour in a pre‐industrial human population (2016) (8)
- On the number of sons born and shorter lifespan in historical Sami mothers (2010) (8)
- Newly Digitized Database Reveals the Lives and Families of Forced Migrants from Finnish Karelia (2017) (7)
- Limited support for the X-linked grandmother hypothesis in pre-industrial Finland (2018) (7)
- Intention to have a second child, family support and actual fertility behavior in current China: An evolutionary perspective (2021) (6)
- Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants (2021) (6)
- Effects of female reproductive competition on birth rate and reproductive scheduling in a historical human population (2018) (6)
- Will granny save me? Birth status, survival, and the role of grandmothers in historical Finland (2020) (6)
- Parent-o ff spring con fl ict over family size in current China (2017) (6)
- Handler familiarity helps to improve working performance during novel situations in semi-captive Asian elephants (2021) (6)
- Child volunteers in a women's paramilitary organization in World War II have accelerated reproductive schedules (2020) (5)
- Associations between family size and offspring education depend on aspects of parental personality (2014) (5)
- Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and H/L Ratio Are Related Markers of Stress in Semi-Captive Asian Timber Elephants (2020) (5)
- Life-History Evolution, Human (2016) (5)
- The elephant in the family: Costs and benefits of elder siblings on younger offspring life-history trajectory in a matrilineal mammal. (2021) (3)
- Changes in age-structure over four decades were a key determinant of population growth rate in a long-lived mammal. (2020) (3)
- Family dynamics and age-related patterns in marriage probability (2020) (3)
- Town population size and structuring into villages and households drive infectious disease risks in pre-healthcare Finland (2021) (3)
- Milk Composition of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in a Natural Environment in Myanmar during Late Lactation (2020) (3)
- Seasonal variation of health in Asian elephants (2020) (3)
- Twinning propensity and offspring in utero growth covary in rural African women (2012) (3)
- Demographic and reproductive associations with nematode infection in a long-lived mammal (2020) (3)
- Response to Carere et al. Human mate preference: inconsistency between data and interpretations (2010) (2)
- Sex-specific links between the social landscape and faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in semi-captive Asian elephants. (2022) (2)
- Multiple handlers, several owner changes and short relationship lengths affect horses’ responses to novel object tests (2022) (2)
- Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare (2020) (2)
- Publisher Correction: Differences in age-specific mortality between wild-caught and captive-born Asian elephants (2018) (2)
- VII.11. Human Behavioral Ecology (2013) (2)
- Investigating associations between nematode infection and three measures of sociality in Asian elephants (2022) (1)
- Early-life reproduction, senescence and lifetime reproductive success in female Asian elephants. (2014) (1)
- How social class and occupations predict migration patterns and assimilation of forced migrants in wartime Finland. (2017) (1)
- Reproductive cessation and post-reproductive lifespan in Asian elephants and pre-industrial humans (2014) (1)
- Age related variation of health markers in Asian elephants (2021) (1)
- A Simple, Practical Method for Measurement of Fat in Milk, Applied to Mid- to Late-Lactating Working Elephants in Myanmar (2018) (1)
- The long-term success of mandatory vaccination laws at implementing world's first vaccination campaign in rural Finland (2020) (1)
- The transition to modernity and chronic disease: mismatch and natural selection (2018) (1)
- The Long-Term Success of Mandatory Vaccination Laws After Implementing the First Vaccination Campaign in 19th Century Rural Finland (2022) (1)
- Erratum to “Whether to have a second child or not? An integrative approach to women's reproductive decision-making in current China” [Evolution and Human Behavior 40 (2019) 194–203] (2020) (0)
- Sexual conflict over lifespan in humans (2012) (0)
- Managing elephants in the modern world: the impact of changes in traditional handling on semi-captive Asian elephant welfare (2018) (0)
- Does early-life environment cause differences in costs of reproduction in a preindustrial human population? (2015) (0)
- Correction to: Distinguishing between determinate and indeterminate growth in a long-lived mammal (2021) (0)
- The Resettlement and Subsequent Assimilation of Evacuees from Finnish Karelia during and after the Second World War (2020) (0)
- Female-biased sex ratios in urban centers create a “fertility trap” in post-war Finland (2021) (0)
- Child volunteers in a women's paramilitary organization in World War II have accelerated reproductive schedules (2020) (0)
- The epidemic dynamics of three childhood infections and the impact of first vaccination in 18th and 19th century Finland (2022) (0)
- Author Correction: Mothers with higher twinning propensity had lower fertility in pre-industrial Europe (2022) (0)
- Mothers with higher twinning propensity had lower fertility in pre-industrial Europe (2022) (0)
- The seasonality of three childhood infections in a pre-industrial society without schools (2021) (0)
- Taming age mortality in semi-captive Asian elephants (2020) (0)
- Church records advancing evolutionary biology: Consanguinity, Inbreeding, and Genetic Drift in Italy by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Antonio Moroni and Gianna Zei. Princeton University Press, 2004. £52.95 pbk (320 pages) ISBN 0691089914 (2004) (0)
- Myanmar’s semi-captive working elephant population is not sustainable without capture from the wild (2018) (0)
- What drives horse success at following human-given cues? An investigation of handler familiarity and living conditions (2023) (0)
- Neighborhood Disadvantage, Greenness, and Population Density as Predictors of Breastfeeding Practices: A Population Cohort Study from Finland (2022) (0)
- preindustrial northern Finland Evolutionary demography of agricultural expansion in (2014) (0)
- Turning piles of bones into living humans (2001) (0)
- P2-162 Maternal reproductive history and the survival and fertility of their children: a study of a pre-industrial Finnish population (2007) (0)
- The long-lasting legacy of reproduction: lifetime reproductive success shapes expected genetic contributions of humans after ten generations (2023) (0)
- The elephant in the room; evaluating parasite infection with applications for management in an endangered host. (2018) (0)
- Distinguishing between determinate and indeterminate growth in a long-lived mammal (2015) (0)
- Correction to: Female-biased sex ratios in urban centers create a “fertility trap” in post-war Finland (2022) (0)
- Demographic and reproductive associations with nematode infection in a long-lived mammal (2020) (0)
- Supplementary material from "Limited support for the X-linked grandmother hypothesis in pre-industrial Finland" (2017) (0)
- Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans (2019) (0)
- Socio-cultural similarity with host population rather than ecological similarity predicts success and failure of human migrations (2022) (0)
- a problem after all? Mongolia: the 'central theoretical problem of sociobiology' not fertility relationships in - Ecological variation in wealth (2014) (0)
- Effects of remarriage after widowhood on long-term fitness in a monogamous historical human population (2013) (0)
- R codes from Evolutionary significance of maternal kinship in a long-lived mammal (2019) (0)
- Changes in selection on height and BMI during the demographic transition: the case of rural Gambia (2013) (0)
- Sexual conflict over timing and rate of reproduction in humans (2012) (0)
- Publisher Correction: Differences in age-specific mortality between wild-caught and captive-born Asian elephants (2018) (0)
- Church records advancing evolutionary biology (2004) (0)
- Investigating associations between nematode infection and three measures of sociality in Asian elephants (2022) (0)
- Correction to: Distinguishing between determinate and indeterminate growth in a long-lived mammal (2021) (0)
- Supplementary material from "Evolutionary significance of maternal kinship in a long-lived mammal" (2019) (0)
- Integration involves a trade-off between fertility and status for World War II evacuees (2019) (0)
- rural African women growth covary in in utero Twinning propensity and offspring (2012) (0)
- What predicts volunteering for Lotta Svard service in World War 2 (2018) (0)
- Sex-specific body mass ageing trajectories in adult Asian elephants (2020) (0)
- Differences in age-specific mortality between wild-caught and captive-born Asian elephants (2018) (0)
- Competition and age-specific fertility (2017) (0)
- Genetic Associations Between Personality Traits and Lifetime Reproductive Success in Humans (2016) (0)
- Chapter 5. Human Behavioral Ecology (2016) (0)
- Costs and Consequences of Reproduction (2010) (0)
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