Natural Selection, Technological Progress, and the Origin of Human Longevity

This paper suggests that feedback effects between technological progress and human longevity lie at the heart of their common emergence in human history. It connects two major research questions. First, the long life span after menopause is a unique but puzzling feature of humans among primates. Sec...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften 2022-11, Vol.73 (3), p.183-210
Hauptverfasser:	Grall, Lothar, Meckl, Jürgen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Behavior behavioral revolution economic growth Fertility human longevity Humans J13 Menopause N30 Natural selection O10 O30 Primates somatic investment technological progress
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