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Lifespan and condition-dependent mortality

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Following up on my post from yesterday on the evolutionary history of human longevity, there is a timely article out today in Current Biology on lifespan and condition-dependent mortality. The paper, by Hwei-Yen Chen and Alexei Maklakov, uses an experimental … Continue reading →

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Human longevity in prehistory

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

A new article in PNAS, authored by Oskar Burger, Annette Baudisch and James Vaupel, is gathering some attention to the issue of the evolutionary history of human demography and longevity. The article itself covers a lot of old ground (excuse … Continue reading →

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