Between the 1930s and 50s, evolutionary biologists developed a successful theory of why
organisms age, firmly rooted in population genetic principles. By the 1980s the evolution of …

Despite tremendous progress in recent years, our understanding of the evolution of ageing
is still incomplete. A dominant paradigm maintains that ageing evolves due to the competing …

According to recent empirical studies, reproductive senescence, the decline in reproductive
success with increasing age, seems to be nearly ubiquitous in the wild. However, a clear …

Abstract Lay Summary: An evolutionary mechanism of aging was hypothesized 60 years
ago to be the genetic trade-off between early life fitness and late life mortality. Genetic …

Evolutionary biology and biomedicine have seen a surge of recent interest in the possibility
that telomeres play a role in life-history trade-offs and ageing. Here, I evaluate alternative …

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 …

Naked mole-rats (NMRs, Heterocephalus glaber) are the longest-lived rodents with a
maximum life span exceeding 37 years. They exhibit a delayed aging phenotype and …

As humans age, they become more selective regarding their personal goals [1] and social
partners [2]. Whereas the selectivity in goals has been attributed to losses in resources (eg …

The trade-off between survival and reproduction is the bedrock of the evolutionary theory of
ageing. The reproductive system regulates ageing of the soma, and removal of germ cells …

Brain structures and neuronal networks that mediate spatial navigation, decision-making,
sociality, and creativity evolved, in part, to enable success in food acquisition. Here, I discuss …