학술논문
The long lives of primates and the ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesis
Document Type
article
Author
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
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
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.