PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: Postreproductive Maternal Care and the Evolution of Sex Differences…

Deadline: 16 Dec 2026 · 34 days left

Institution: University of East Anglia
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Life sciences and medicine
Type: PhD position
Pay: £21,805 p.a
Deadline: 16 Dec 2026 · 34 days left

About this position

Scientific background Why do some animals continue to live long after they have stopped reproducing? Classical evolutionary theory predicts that they should not. The force of natural selection on survival declines with age and falls to zero once reproduction ceases, so organisms are expected to die soon after their final reproductive event. Yet substantial postreproductive female lifespan occurs in humans, elephants and several toothed whales, and remains a striking unresolved problem in evolutionary ecology. The leading explanation is intergenerational transfer theory, which posits that a fem

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Applications close on 16 Dec 2026 (34 days from today). Apply on the official page; PhD Atlas does not collect applications.

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