Early-life reproduction is associated with increased mortality risk but enhanced lifetime fitness in pre-industrial humans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1804, 2015, Pages

  Hayward, Adam D ^a,b   Nenko, Ilona ^a,c   Lummaa, Virpi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Human reproduction; Life history; Maternal effects; Senescence; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INFANT; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SELECTION, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84941592562     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.3053     Document Type: Article

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