AnAge entry for Pan paniscus

Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits

Longevity has not been studied in detail in these animals. One study in the wild estimated that one female could have died at 45-50 years of age [0569]. One wild born female has lived 50.1 years at Antwerp Zoo and could be up to 55 years old [0671].

Life history traits (averages)

Metabolism

References

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0256] Finch and Stanford (2004), Meat-adaptive genes and the evolution of slower aging in humans, PubMed
[0681] Peter Kappeler and Michael Pereira (2003), Primate Life Histories and Socioecology
[0108] Steinert et al. (2002), Telomere biology and cellular aging in nonhuman primate cells, PubMed
[0467] Lindenfors (2002), Sexually antagonistic selection on primate size
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0569] Furuichi et al. (1998), Population dynamics of wild bonobos (Pan paniscus) at Wamba
[0463] Austad (1997), Small nonhuman primates as potential models of human aging, PubMed
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0324] Shea (1983), Paedomorphosis and neoteny in the pygmy chimpanzee, PubMed
[0323] Gould et al. (1981), Chimpanzee reproductive senescence: a possible model for evolution of the menopause, PubMed
[0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview, PubMed
[0590] ChimpanZoo

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