Despite survival boost, gender gap hasn’t budged
DURHAM, N.C. -- People worldwide are living longer, healthier lives. A new study of mortality patterns in humans, monkeys and apes suggests that the last few generations of humans have enjoyed the biggest life expectancy boost in primate history.
The gains are partly due to advances in medicine and public health that have increased the odds of survival for human infants and reduced the death toll from childhood illness. Yet males still lag behind females -- not just in humans but across the primate family tree, the researchers find.
“The male disadvantage has deep evolutionary roots,” said study co-author Susan Alberts, biology professor at Duke University.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- People worldwide are living longer, healthier lives. A new study of mortality patterns in humans, monkeys and apes suggests that the last few generations of humans have enjoyed the biggest life expectancy boost in primate history.
The gains are partly due to advances in medicine and public health that have increased the odds of survival for human infants and reduced the death toll from childhood illness. Yet males still lag behind females -- not just in humans but across the primate family tree, the researchers find.
“The male disadvantage has deep evolutionary roots,” said study co-author Susan Alberts, biology professor at Duke University.
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