Sex differences in adult lifespan and aging rates of mortality across wild mammals

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Good question. Higher male mortality is seen in many mammal species, possibly due to their use of resources for advantages in male-male competition for mates (rather than for, eg, immunity) Sex differences in adult lifespan & aging rates of mortality a…

Also, females living more than males is rather common in other mammals too, not just in humans, sometimes with big differences: "Here, we demonstrate that, in the wild, mammalian females live longer than males but we did not detect any sex differences i…

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