Longevity and the costs of reproduction in a historical human population.

It has been argued that the priority that natural selection places on reproduction negatively affects other processes such as longevity and the problem posed by this trade-off underlies the disposable soma theory for the evolution of human ageing. Here we examine the relationship between reproductio...

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Main Authors: Lycett, J, Dunbar, R, Voland, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000