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Aging in the Natural World: Comparative Data Reveal Similar Mortality Patterns Across Primates
- Anne M. Bronikowski1,
- Jeanne Altmann2,3,
- Diane K. Brockman4,
- Marina Cords5,
- Linda M. Fedigan6,
- Anne Pusey7,
- Tara Stoinski8,
- William F. Morris9,
- Karen B. Strier10,
- Susan C. Alberts3,9,*
- 1Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
- 2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 88001, USA.
- 3Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
- 4Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
- 5Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
- 6Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Calgary, T2N 1N4 Canada.
- 7Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
- 8The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International and Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA.
- 9Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
- 10Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
- ↵*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: alberts{at}duke.edu
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Science 11 Mar 2011:
Vol. 331, Issue 6022, pp. 1325-1328
DOI: 10.1126/science.1201571
