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Directionality Theory and Mortality Patterns Across the Primate Lineage

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By Anand Sahasranaman, Lloyd Demetrius, Martin Ziehe
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Abstract Empirical studies of aging in primates show that local selective forces rather than phylogenetic history determine the exceptional nature of human longevity (Bronikowski, et al., 2011). This article proposes an evolutionary rationale for this pattern of primate mortality by invoking the parameter, Life Table Entropy, a measure of the uncertainty in the life span of a randomly chosen newborn.
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