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Samuli
Helle
Docent, Department of Biology
Senior Researcher, INVEST Research Flagship Centre
Ph.D., Docent

Contact

+358 29 450 4887
+358 45 355 7634

Areas of expertise

Evolutionary ecology
demography
epidemiology
statistics
fishing.

Research

My main research interest is human evolutionary demography in preindustrial populations. In my research I use historical demographic data from northern Fennoscandia that contain people practicing traditional subsistence modes as well small-scale agriculture and trading. This data set is accompanied with wealth of information on how those people lived and on their environmental conditions. I also work sporadically with other study systems related to evolutionary psychology, evolutionary medicine and behavioral ecology.

Publications

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Mothers with higher twinning propensity had lower fertility in pre-industrial Europe (2022)

Nature Communications
Rickard Ian J., Vullioud Colin, Rousset François, Postma Erik, Helle Samuli, Lummaa Virpi, Kylli Ritva, Pettay Jenni E., Røskaft Eivin, Skjærvø Gine R., Störmer Charlotte, Voland Eckart, Waldvogel Dominique, Courtiol Alexandre
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))