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Virpi Lummaa is a Finnish evolutionary biologist and ecologist.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Ageing, Asian elephant, Ecology, European Research Council, Evolutionary biology, Fertility, Grandmother hypothesis, Horizon (online magazine), Human, Human evolution, I (newspaper), Life history theory, Live Science, Longitudinal study, Mammal, Mental Floss, Myanmar, Natural selection, New Scientist, Parish register, Research Council of Finland, Science (journal), ScienceDaily, The Guardian, The Scientist (magazine), Twin, University of Turku.

  2. Academic staff of the University of Turku
  3. Finnish biologists
  4. Finnish ecologists
  5. Finnish science writers
  6. Finnish women academics
  7. Finnish women scientists

Ageing

Ageing (or aging in American English) is the process of becoming older.

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Asian elephant

The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south.

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Ecology

Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.

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European Research Council

The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU).

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Evolutionary biology

Evolutionary biology is the subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes (natural selection, common descent, speciation) that produced the diversity of life on Earth.

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Fertility

Fertility in colloquial terms refers the ability to have offspring.

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Grandmother hypothesis

The grandmother hypothesis is a hypothesis to explain the existence of menopause in human life history by identifying the adaptive value of extended kin networking.

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Horizon (online magazine)

Horizon is an online-only, open-access magazine covering research and innovation, published in Brussels since 2013 by the European Commission.

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Human

Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.

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Human evolution

Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family that includes all the great apes.

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I (newspaper)

The i is a British national newspaper published in London by Daily Mail and General Trust and distributed across the United Kingdom.

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Life history theory

Life history theory (LHT) is an analytical frameworkVitzthum, V. (2008).

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Live Science

Live Science is a science news website.

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Longitudinal study

A longitudinal study (or longitudinal survey, or panel study) is a research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables (e.g., people) over long periods of time (i.e., uses longitudinal data).

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Mental Floss

Mental Floss (stylized as mental_floss) is an online magazine and its related American digital, print, and e-commerce media company focused on millennials.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Natural selection

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.

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New Scientist

New Scientist is a popular science magazine covering all aspects of science and technology.

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Parish register

A parish register, alternatively known as a parochial register, is a handwritten volume, normally kept in the parish church of an ecclesiastical parish in which certain details of religious ceremonies marking major events such as baptisms (together with the dates and often names of the parents), marriages (with the names of both partners), and burials (within the parish) are recorded.

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Research Council of Finland

The Research Council of Finland (Suomen Akatemia, Finlands Akademi) is a governmental funding body for scientific research in Finland.

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Science (journal)

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.

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ScienceDaily

ScienceDaily is an American website launched in 1995 that aggregates press releases and publishes lightly edited press releases (a practice called churnalism) about science, similar to Phys.org and EurekAlert!.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Scientist (magazine)

The Scientist is a professional magazine intended for life scientists.

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Twin

Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.

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University of Turku

The University of Turku (Turun yliopisto, in Åbo universitet, shortened UTU) is a multidisciplinary public university with eight faculties located in the city of Turku in southwestern Finland.

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See also

Academic staff of the University of Turku

Finnish biologists

Finnish ecologists

Finnish science writers

Finnish women academics

Finnish women scientists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virpi_Lummaa

Also known as Lummaa.