Human longevity and early reproduction in pre‐industrial Sami populations
Abstract Senescence is predicted to be associated with the intensity and timing of reproduction at an earlier age. Here, we examine the phenotypic association between reproduction and post‐reproductive survival in three pre‐industrial human populations that lived in Northern Scandinavia during 1640–...
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crwiley:10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00447.x 2023-12-03T10:29:46+01:00 Human longevity and early reproduction in pre‐industrial Sami populations Helle, S. Käär, P. Jokela, J. 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00447.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1420-9101.2002.00447.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00447.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00447.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Evolutionary Biology volume 15, issue 5, page 803-807 ISSN 1010-061X 1420-9101 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2002 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00447.x 2023-11-09T13:54:28Z Abstract Senescence is predicted to be associated with the intensity and timing of reproduction at an earlier age. Here, we examine the phenotypic association between reproduction and post‐reproductive survival in three pre‐industrial human populations that lived in Northern Scandinavia during 1640–1870. In both sexes longevity was independent of the total number of born or adult children, whereas early reproduction was negatively associated with the longevity of females and males. Our results thus do not support the view that reproductive investment as such has a negative impact on longevity, but suggest that survival costs are associated with the scheduling of reproduction. We discuss, however, an alternative point of view suggesting that less intense selection for early reproduction, extended parental care, and social structure allowing kin selection through the effects of close relatives are factors that have selected for the long post‐reproductive life span in humans. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15 5 803 807 |
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Abstract Senescence is predicted to be associated with the intensity and timing of reproduction at an earlier age. Here, we examine the phenotypic association between reproduction and post‐reproductive survival in three pre‐industrial human populations that lived in Northern Scandinavia during 1640–1870. In both sexes longevity was independent of the total number of born or adult children, whereas early reproduction was negatively associated with the longevity of females and males. Our results thus do not support the view that reproductive investment as such has a negative impact on longevity, but suggest that survival costs are associated with the scheduling of reproduction. We discuss, however, an alternative point of view suggesting that less intense selection for early reproduction, extended parental care, and social structure allowing kin selection through the effects of close relatives are factors that have selected for the long post‐reproductive life span in humans. |
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