lummaalab.bsky.social
Professor Virpi Lummaa’s research group at the University of Turku, Finland https://lummaalab.utu.fi/ Research themes: Human life history Human Evolutionary Health Human Diversity Myanmar Timber Elephant Project Mammal Behaviour Research
👤 Joined on 14 January 2025
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@lummaalab.bsky.socialWhy did menopause evolve? @PNASNews https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2625473123
Show PostHappy to share my new paper on the nutritional ecology of elephants🌿🐘 Should elephants graze or browse? The nutritional and functional consequences of dietary variation in a mixed-feeding megaherbivore royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
Show PostCongratulations to Dr @euantheyoung.bsky.social who defended his PhD yesterday on 'Family matters: The role of trade-offs in shaping human life-histories and health' research.rug.nl/en/publicati... @rug.nl supervised with @erikpostma.bsky.social @lummaalab.bsky.social 🎉
Show PostFemale mountain gorillas can outrank males twice their size... ...and exhibit priority of access to resources over these males Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225008723 Press release: https://www.mpg.de/25119311/0730-evan-it-s-not-just-about-size-150495-x
Show Post🦍 What drives female gorillas to pick fights? A long-term study reveals that aggression isn’t just about dominance. Pregnancy, group size, and male presence also shift the dynamics of who targets whom. buff.ly/Lh1fImW
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