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Mortality , Senescence , and Life Span

@inproceedings{GurvenMortalityS,
  title={Mortality , Senescence , and Life Span},
  author={Michael D. Gurven}
}
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Healthy cardiovascular biomarkers across the lifespan in wild-born chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

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WEIRD bodies: mismatch, medicine and missing diversity.

  • M. GurvenD. Lieberman
  • Biology
    Evolution and human behavior : official journal of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society
  • 2020

Age-Related Patterns in Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes Among Single U.S. Adults: An Evolutionary Approach

While a large body of research has sought to understand human longevity and caregiving (e.g., the grandmother hypothesis) from an evolutionary life history perspective, this same view has rarely been…

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