Longevity and the costs of reproduction in a historical human population

Lycett, J.E; Dunbar, R.I.M; Voland, E

doi:10.1098/rspb.2000.0962

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Longevity and the costs of reproduction in a historical human population

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Lycett, J.E, Dunbar, R.I.M, Voland, E·2000·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences

DOI 10.1098/rspb.2000.0962PMC PMC1690499

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It has been argued that the priority that natural selection places on reproduction negatively affects other processes such as longevity and the problem posed by this trade-off underlies the disposable soma theory for the evolution of human ageing. Here we examine the relationship between reproduction and longevity in a historical human population (the Krummhörn, north-west Germany 1720-1870). In our initial analyses, we found no support for the hypothesized negative effects of reproduction on longevity: married women who remained childless lived no longer than women who reproduced and women who had few children lived no longer than women who had many children. However, more detailed analyses in relation to socio-economic class revealed that the extent to which reproduction has an effect on longevity is a function of the level of economic deprivation. We found that, when possible sources of confound were controlled for (e.g. duration of marriage and amount of time spent in fecund marriage), there is an increasingly strong relationship between longevity and reproduction with increasing poverty.

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Lycett et al. reported a negative relationship between fecundity and longevity for women with low access to resources.
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Authors: Lycett, J. E., Dunbar, R. I. M., & Voland, E.
Affiliations: University of Liverpool (GB)
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
Corresponding author: Lycett, J.E
ORCID: Dunbar, R.I.M
Voland, E
Venue: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
Publisher: The Royal Society
Published: 2000-01-07
Volume: 267
Issue: 1438
Pages: 31-35
ISSN: 0080-4649 (ISSN-L)
0962-8452
1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0962
PMC: PMC1690499
OpenAlex: W2064306165
Cited by: 162
References: 16
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 7
FWCI: 23.25
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council
Topics: Social Sciences › Demography › Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Keywords: longevity, reproduction, disposable soma theory, human aging, fertility, childlessness, socioeconomic class, poverty
MeSH terms: Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Female, Germany, Humans, Longevity, Male, Marriage, Reproduction, Selection, Genetic, Social Class, Databases, Factual, History, 18th Century, History, 19th Century

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