Personality links with lifespan in chimpanzees
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- Drew M Altschul
- Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- William D Hopkins
- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States
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- Elizabeth S Herrelko
- National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States
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- Miho Inoue-Murayama
- Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Tetsuro Matsuzawa
- Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- James E King
- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
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- Stephen R Ross
- Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, United States
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- Alexander Weiss
- Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
説明
<jats:p>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.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- eLife
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eLife 7 2018-10-09
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
