Kimmo Pokkinen's birthday party at the university

Carly, Verane, Simon, Kimmo, Virpi, Jenni, Samuli, Martin, Mirkka

Kimmo Pokkinen is a man behind the Finnish church book data which he has been collecting for years. He had a big day recently and there was a fair reason to serve some birthday cake for him at the university. Congratulations!

Other News

New paper in Evolution and Human Behaviour by Pettay et al. in press

Family dynamics and age-related patterns in marriage probability

Kirkonkirjojen valtaisa tallennustyö liki valmis

Tarja Repo / STT

Lummaa Group Grannies had a great meeting in Lammi Biological Station

Special thanks to John Loerh and all the staff at the Lammi Biological Station, University of Helsinki for hosting us!

Photo by Jonathan Webb, edited by Esko Pettay

Virpi Lummaa interviewed in the Guardian: What is the menopause and when does it strike?

It’s a natural part of the female life cycle – so why don’t we talk more about the menopause, its debilitating effects and possible mitigation?

New paper will appear soon in Evolution and Human Behaviour by R. Lynch, V. Lummaa & J. Loehr: see the early version!

Self sacrifice and kin psychology in war: threats to family predict decisions to volunteer for a women's paramilitary organization

Virpi Lummaa Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian jäseneksi

“Grandmother Hypothesis” Gets Some Support - The Scientist 7.2.2019

New paper out in Nature by Robert Lynch et al.

Karelia-project's newest paper by Robert Lynch, Virpi Lummaa, Kathrik

Simon's newest paper is published online in Current Biology

ScienceNews 7.2.2019

Virpi in WEF Annual Meeting 2019 in Davos

Virpi Lummaa is participating in the World Economic Forum Annual meeting in Davos, speaking about her research e.g. in the session ERC IdeaLab: Healthy Ageing.