life spanmean age at deathWikipediapersonalities of the Encyclopediacensoringselectivitysurvival probabilityThe problem of correctly interpreting data on the mean age of people's death in different historical periods based on information presented in Wikipedia and included in the Personalities of the ...
Throughout primate history there have been three major life history transitions towards increasingly delayed sexual maturation and biological reproduction, as well as towards extended life expectancy. Monkeys reproduce later and live longer than do prosimians, apes reproduce later and live longer than do...
The past two centuries have witnessed an unprecedented rise in human life expectancy. Sustaining longer lives with reduced periods of disability will require an understanding of the underlying mechanisms of ageing, and genetics is a powerful tool for identifying these mechanisms. Large-scale genome-wide...
Anthropology, in the sense of the Natural History of Humanity, not only satisfies our curiosity about the past but is also essential in understanding our place in the natural world, confronting the environment and facing future adversities. Sociality and intelligence are the two basic interacting fea...
the evolution of human ageing. Historical aspects of this evolution will be discussed. Evidence from a variety of sources shows that the human lifespan is increasing, and may well continue to increase to levels that are difficult to predict. In addition, the most important theories about ageing...
including around 3,000 deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC), which ensures that the people are the masters of their own country. China has set up the world's largest education system, social security system and medical care system and the Chinese people's average life expectancy ...
In an editorial accompanying the study, Olshansky wrote, “Humanity is working hard to manufacture more survival time, with some degree of success, but we should acknowledge that a genetically determined fixed life-history strategy for our species stands in the way of radical life extension.” ...
In 2021, the United States has seen the world's highest numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths, with 34.51 million confirmed cases and 480,000 fatalities. Average life expectancy also fell by 1.13 years, the biggest drop since the Second World War. ...
This is life expectancy at 45 for women; low life expectancies quoted for pre-modern and foraging societies are life expectancies at birth and include high infant mortality and mortality from childbearing. The female focus of life history models may be a convenience due to the ease of measuring...
In his history of mental attitudes towards death, Ariès (1975) distinguishes between 4 steps: (1) death as a familiar event (mort familière); (2) emergence of individualism of death (mort de soi); (3) emergence of a concern for joint survival (mort de toi); (4) death as a taboo...