Why women live longer than men, explained by evolution

ScienceDaily
Oct 28, 2025, 1:39 pm38 pts
An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, working with 15 collaborators around the world, has conducted the most comprehensive study yet of lifespan differences between the sexes in mammals and birds. Their findings shed new…

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