Lummaa Group held a truly good Annual Meeting 2018 in Seili

Lummaa Group Grannies in Seili 2018. Photo by John Jackson

Both Elephant and Human Projects present, Lummaa Group had a great time discussing both current accomplishments and future prospects at the Archipelago Research Institute in Seili, Archipelago Sea, SW Finland. Instant grannies were on loose on the most suitable venue, the island of former leprosy, later mental hospital.

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Virpi Lummaa and the group got awarded a grant from Kone Foundation: MigrantLives

Virpi Lummaa together with John Loehr, Outi Vesakoski, Tarmo Ketola and Miikka Voutilainen got awarded a 4-year

Apply for a postdoc position: social networks, fertility and ageing in humans

1–2 Postdoctoral Researchers to the NetResilience Consortium

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Ketola, Briga, Honkola and Lummaa published in Proc R Soc B about infectious disease risks in pre-healthcare Finland

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New paper out by Pettay et al: Female-biased sex ratios in urban centers create a “fertility trap” in post-war Finland

Female-biased sex ratios in urban centers create a “fertility trap” in post-war Finland

Simon Chapman et al. published in Scientific Reports

Offspring fertility and grandchild survival enhanced by maternal grandmothers in a pre-indu

Check the new book chapter by Danielsbacka et al.: The Resettlement and Subsequent Assimilation of Evacuees from Finnish Karelia during and after the Second World War

The consequences of forced migrations are felt globally and are faced by millions of people each year.

A New Doctor!

Congratulations to Simon for successfully defending his thesis!

New paper in Nature Communications by Robert Lynch et al: Child volunteers in a women's paramilitary organization in World War II have accelerated reproductive schedules