Evolutionary Demography: A Synthesis of Two Population Sciences

Daniel Levitis

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.31027-3

Evolutionary Demography: A Synthesis of Two Population Sciences

Daniel Levitis

Department of Biology

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Abstract

Demography is the quantitative study of population processes, while evolution is a population process that influences all aspects of biological organisms, including their demography. Demographic traits common to all human populations are the products of biological evolution or the interaction of biological and cultural evolution. Demographic variation within and among human populations is influenced by our biology, and therefore by natural selection and our evolutionary background. Demographic methods are necessary for studying populations of other species, and for quantifying evolutionary fitness. Comparisons among species allow for a greater understanding of how and why demographic patterns evolve.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Editors	James D. Wright
Publisher	Elsevier
Publication date	2015
Edition	2.
Pages	413-419
ISBN (Print)	9780080970868
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080970875
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.31027-3
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Adaptation
Biodemography
Comparative demography
Constraints
Evolution
Fitness
Methods
Mutation
Natural selection
Population
Postreproductive life span
Reproduction
Survival

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