Updated January 2009

Dissertations from the Human Life History Project

PhD-theses:

Gillespie, Duncan (on-going): Trade-offs between Reproductive and Post-reproductive Investment in Women: Effects on Fitness, Senescence and Lifespan.

Lahdenperä, Mirkka (on-going): The Evolution of Family-Living in Humans.

Liu, Jianghua (on-going): Evolution of the Reproductive Strategy Responsible for Demographic Transition in Human Populations.

Rickard, Ian (on-going): Life-history Consequences of Early Developmental Conditions in Humans.

Pettay, Jenni 2008: Phenotypic and Genetic Variance and Covariance in Life-history Traits in Historical Humans. University of Turku, Finland.

Helle, Samuli 2004: Reproduction and Post-reproductive Survival in Historical Humans. University of Turku, Finland.

Lummaa, Virpi 1999: Adaptive and Non-adaptive Variation in Human Life-history Traits. University of Turku, Finland.

M.Sc. theses:

Suvi Väliharju 2008: Consequences of Maternal Investment for Offspring Survival and Reproductive Success in Humans. University of Turku, Finland.

Biddle, Rebecca 2008: Effect of Early Environmental Conditions on Human Offspring Fitness. University of Sheffield, UK.

Lahdenperä, Mirkka 2003: Fitness Consequences of Grandmothering in A Pre-industrial Human Population. University of Turku, Finland.

Helle, Samuli 2001: Evolution of Human Longevity: Phenotypic Associations between Post-Reproductive Survival and Fecundity in Three Pre-Industrial Human Populations. University of Turku, Finland.

Kaapu, Jarno 2001: Sex Allocation in Humans: Effect of Population Sex Ratio on Sex Ratio at Birth. University of Turku, Finland.

Lummaa, Virpi 1997: Timing of Breeding and Sex Ratio Variation in Pre-industrial Human Populations in Finland. University of Turku, Finland.

Doctoral examinations: Virpi 1999; Samuli 2004; Jenni 2008