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The Times 31.5.2023: Grannies are great at keeping children healthy

Kaya Burgess, Science Reporter
Wednesday May 31 2023, 7:40am BST, The Times

The Times 31.5.2023 Grannies are great at keeping children healthy

Aïda Nitsch et al published in Scientific Reports about sibling competition, dispersal and fitness outcomes in humans

Nitsch A, Faurie C, Lummaa V.

Kapteeni Pauli J.Wiro 1943, valokuvaaja. Sotamuseo.

Brand new paper out by Euan Young et al: The long-lasting legacy of reproduction: lifetime reproductive success shapes expected genetic contributions of humans after 10 generations

Euan Young, Ellie Chesterton, Virpi Lummaa, Erik Postma and Hannah L.

Kuvaaja Liina Cantell 1910. Museovirasto

Check out the new article by Chapman et al: Grandparental co-residence and grandchild survival: the role of resource competition in a pre-industrial population

Simon Chapman, Mirkka Danielsbacka, Antti O. Tanskanen, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Jenni Pettay and Virpi Lummaa published a paper in Behavioural Ecology:

University of Turku Receives €12.3M in Strategic Funding from the Academy of Finland in the Profi 7 Call

13.01.2023

New paper by Lynch et al. out in Proc R Soc B: Socio-cultural similarity with host population rather than ecological similarity predicts success and failure of human migrations

Robert Lynch, John Loehr, Virpi Lummaa, Terhi Honkola, Jenni Pettay and Outi Vesakoski 2022: Proc R Soc B 289:1967

Little Christmas Party 15 Dec 2021 - Merry Christmas from the Lummaa Group!

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

Strategic Research Council selects new consortia to be funded: Prof. Virpi Lummaa as part of the NetResilience consortium

Virpi Lummaa