It is well known that women live longer than men. This gap is observed in most human
populations and can even reach 10–15 years. In addition, most of the known super …

In 1948, Angus Bateman published a paper on fruit flies that tested Charles Darwin's ideas
of sexual selection. Based on this one fruit fly study, Bateman concluded that because males …

The book aims to integrate our understanding of mammalian societies into a novel synthesis
that is relevant to behavioural ecologists, ecologists, and anthropologists. It adopts a …

The use of sacred values by humans to enforce cooperation has been seen throughout
human history, as demonstrated by philosophers like Marx and Aristotle observing that …

Comparative studies of mortality in the wild are necessary to understand the evolution of
aging; yet, ectothermic tetrapods are underrepresented in this comparative landscape …

While it is commonly believed that animals live longer in zoos than in the wild, this
assumption has rarely been tested. We compared four survival metrics (longevity, baseline …

Senescence patterns are highly variable across the animal kingdom. However, while
empirical evidence of actuarial senescence in vertebrates is accumulating in the wild and …

In most mammals, both sexes display different survival patterns, often involving faster
senescence in males. Being under intense sexual competition to secure mating …

Ageing and sexual selection are intimately linked. There is by now compelling evidence
from studies performed across diverse organisms that males allocating resources to mating …

In many animal species, including humans, males have shorter lifespan and show faster
survival aging than females. This differential increase in mortality between sexes could …