Personality links with lifespan in chimpanzees-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Personality links with lifespan in chimpanzees

Published:2018-10-09 Issue: Volume:7 Page:
ISSN:2050-084X
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Author:

Altschul Drew M¹²³^ORCID,Hopkins William D⁴⁵,Herrelko Elizabeth S⁶⁷,Inoue-Murayama Miho⁸⁹,Matsuzawa Tetsuro¹⁰¹¹¹²,King James E¹³,Ross Stephen R¹⁴,Weiss Alexander¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2. Scottish Primate Research Group, United Kingdom

3. Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

4. Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States

5. Division of Developmental and Cognitive Neurosciences, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, United States

6. National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States

7. Psychology Division, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

8. Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

9. Wildlife Genome Collaborative Research Group, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan

10. Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

11. Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan

12. Japan Monkey Centre, Inuyama, Japan

13. Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States

14. Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, United States

Abstract

Life history strategies for optimizing individual fitness fall on a spectrum between maximizing reproductive efforts and maintaining physical health over time. Strategies across this spectrum are viable and different suites of personality traits evolved to support these strategies. Using data from 538 captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) we tested whether any of the dimensions of chimpanzee personality – agreeableness, conscientiousness, dominance, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness – were associated with longevity, an attribute of slow life history strategies that is especially important in primates given their relatively long lives. We found that higher agreeableness was related to longevity in males, with weaker evidence suggesting that higher openness is related to longer life in females. Our results link the literature on human and nonhuman primate survival and suggest that, for males, evolution has favored the protective effects of low aggression and high quality social bonds.

Funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Kyoto University

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology

Medical Research Council

Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

University Of Edinburgh

National Institutes of Health

Leo S. Guthman Fund

Publisher

eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

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