Nature Communications (Jun 2021)
The long lives of primates and the ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesis
- Fernando Colchero,
- José Manuel Aburto,
- Elizabeth A. Archie,
- Christophe Boesch,
- Thomas Breuer,
- Fernando A. Campos,
- Anthony Collins,
- Dalia A. Conde,
- Marina Cords,
- Catherine Crockford,
- Melissa Emery Thompson,
- Linda M. Fedigan,
- Claudia Fichtel,
- Milou Groenenberg,
- Catherine Hobaiter,
- Peter M. Kappeler,
- Richard R. Lawler,
- Rebecca J. Lewis,
- Zarin P. Machanda,
- Marie L. Manguette,
- Martin N. Muller,
- Craig Packer,
- Richard J. Parnell,
- Susan Perry,
- Anne E. Pusey,
- Martha M. Robbins,
- Robert M. Seyfarth,
- Joan B. Silk,
- Johanna Staerk,
- Tara S. Stoinski,
- Emma J. Stokes,
- Karen B. Strier,
- Shirley C. Strum,
- Jenny Tung,
- Francisco Villavicencio,
- Roman M. Wittig,
- Richard W. Wrangham,
- Klaus Zuberbühler,
- James W. Vaupel,
- Susan C. Alberts
Affiliations
- Fernando Colchero
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark
- José Manuel Aburto
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark
- Elizabeth A. Archie
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
- Christophe Boesch
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Thomas Breuer
- Mbeli Bai Study, Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program
- Fernando A. Campos
- Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Anthony Collins
- Gombe Stream Research Centre, Jane Goodall Institute
- Dalia A. Conde
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark
- Marina Cords
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
- Catherine Crockford
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Melissa Emery Thompson
- Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
- Linda M. Fedigan
- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary
- Claudia Fichtel
- Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research
- Milou Groenenberg
- Mbeli Bai Study, Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program
- Catherine Hobaiter
- School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews
- Peter M. Kappeler
- Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research
- Richard R. Lawler
- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, James Madison University
- Rebecca J. Lewis
- Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
- Zarin P. Machanda
- Kibale Chimpanzee Project
- Marie L. Manguette
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Martin N. Muller
- Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
- Craig Packer
- College of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota
- Richard J. Parnell
- Mbeli Bai Study, Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program
- Susan Perry
- Department of Anthropology, and Behavior, Evolution & Culture Program, UCLA
- Anne E. Pusey
- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University
- Martha M. Robbins
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Robert M. Seyfarth
- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
- Joan B. Silk
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
- Johanna Staerk
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark
- Tara S. Stoinski
- Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
- Emma J. Stokes
- Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program
- Karen B. Strier
- Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Shirley C. Strum
- Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego
- Jenny Tung
- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University
- Francisco Villavicencio
- Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
- Roman M. Wittig
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Richard W. Wrangham
- Kibale Chimpanzee Project
- Klaus Zuberbühler
- School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews
- James W. Vaupel
- Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark
- Susan C. Alberts
- Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23894-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
The ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesis suggests that the rate of ageing tends to be constant within species. Here, Colchero et al. find support for the hypothesis across primates, including humans, suggesting biological constraints on the rate of ageing.
