Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · View the paper (DOI)
Research compiled demographic data for 134 populations of 101 mammalian species, finding that 60% of female mammals live longer than males. Mortality risk is lower among females at all ages, but the rise in mortality with age varies between sexes.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Among wild mammals too, females live longer CNRS · Mar 23, 2020 · first to report
- Scientists investigate why females live longer than males University of Bath · Mar 24, 2020
- Female lifespan is longer in wild mammal animals than in humans University of Southern Denmark · Mar 25, 2020