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The long lives of primates and the 'invariant rate of ageing' hypothesis.
Colchero, Fernando; Aburto, José Manuel; Archie, Elizabeth A; Boesch, Christophe; Breuer, Thomas; Campos, Fernando A; Collins, Anthony; Conde, Dalia A; Cords, Marina; Crockford, Catherine; Thompson, Melissa Emery; Fedigan, Linda M; Fichtel, Claudia; Groenenberg, Milou; Hobaiter, Catherine; Kappeler, Peter M; Lawler, Richard R; Lewis, Rebecca J; Machanda, Zarin P; Manguette, Marie L; Muller, Martin N; Packer, Craig; Parnell, Richard J; Perry, Susan; Pusey, Anne E; Robbins, Martha M; Seyfarth, Robert M; Silk, Joan B; Staerk, Johanna; Stoinski, Tara S; Stokes, Emma J; Strier, Karen B; Strum, Shirley C; Tung, Jenny; Villavicencio, Francisco; Wittig, Roman M; Wrangham, Richard W; Zuberbühler, Klaus; Vaupel, James W; Alberts, Susan C.
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  • Colchero F; Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. colchero@imada.sdu.dk.
  • Aburto JM; Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. colchero@imada.sdu.dk.
  • Archie EA; Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
  • Boesch C; Department of Sociology, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Nuffield College at University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Breuer T; Lifespan Inequalities Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
  • Campos FA; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
  • Collins A; Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Conde DA; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Cords M; Taï Chimpanzee Project, CSRS, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Crockford C; Mbeli Bai Study, Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program, Brazzaville, Congo.
  • Thompson ME; World Wide Fund for Nature - Germany, Berlin, Germany.
  • Fedigan LM; Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
  • Fichtel C; Gombe Stream Research Centre, Jane Goodall Institute, Kigoma, Tanzania.
  • Groenenberg M; Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
  • Hobaiter C; Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA.
  • Kappeler PM; Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
  • Lawler RR; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
  • Lewis RJ; New York Consortium in Evolutionary Anthropology, New York, NY, USA.
  • Machanda ZP; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Manguette ML; Taï Chimpanzee Project, CSRS, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Muller MN; Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
  • Packer C; Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Fort Portal, Uganda.
  • Parnell RJ; Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
  • Perry S; Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany.
  • Pusey AE; Mbeli Bai Study, Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program, Brazzaville, Congo.
  • Robbins MM; World Wide Fund for Nature- Cambodia Program, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Seyfarth RM; School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, UK.
  • Silk JB; Budongo Conservation Field Station, Masindi, Uganda.
  • Staerk J; Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany.
  • Stoinski TS; Department for Sociobiology/Anthropology, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
  • Stokes EJ; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA.
  • Strier KB; Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
  • Strum SC; Ankoatsifaka Research Station, Morondava, Madagascar.
  • Tung J; Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Fort Portal, Uganda.
  • Villavicencio F; Departments of Anthropology and Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
  • Wittig RM; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Wrangham RW; Mbeli Bai Study, Wildlife Conservation Society Congo Program, Brazzaville, Congo.
  • Zuberbühler K; Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
  • Vaupel JW; Kibale Chimpanzee Project, Fort Portal, Uganda.
  • Alberts SC; College of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA.
Nat Commun ; 12(1): 3666, 2021 06 16.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34135334
Is it possible to slow the rate of ageing, or do biological constraints limit its plasticity? We test the 'invariant rate of ageing' hypothesis, which posits that the rate of ageing is relatively fixed within species, with a collection of 39 human and nonhuman primate datasets across seven genera. We first recapitulate, in nonhuman primates, the highly regular relationship between life expectancy and lifespan equality seen in humans. We next demonstrate that variation in the rate of ageing within genera is orders of magnitude smaller than variation in pre-adult and age-independent mortality. Finally, we demonstrate that changes in the rate of ageing, but not other mortality parameters, produce striking, species-atypical changes in mortality patterns. Our results support the invariant rate of ageing hypothesis, implying biological constraints on how much the human rate of ageing can be slowed.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Primates / Aging / Longevity Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Animals / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Nat Commun Journal subject: BIOLOGIA / CIENCIA Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Denmark Country of publication: United kingdom
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Primates / Aging / Longevity Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Aspects: Patient_preference Limits: Animals / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Nat Commun Journal subject: BIOLOGIA / CIENCIA Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Denmark Country of publication: United kingdom