| Fitness benefits of prolonged post-reproductive lifespan in women M Lahdenperä, V Lummaa, S Helle, M Tremblay, AF Russell Nature 428 (6979), 178-181, 2004 | 738 | 2004 |
| Severe intergenerational reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause M Lahdenperä, DOS Gillespie, V Lummaa, AF Russell Ecology letters 15 (11), 1283-1290, 2012 | 146 | 2012 |
| Reproductive cessation and post-reproductive lifespan in Asian elephants and pre-industrial humans M Lahdenperä, KU Mar, V Lummaa Frontiers in zoology 11, 1-14, 2014 | 91 | 2014 |
| Nearby grandmother enhances calf survival and reproduction in Asian elephants M Lahdenperä, KU Mar, V Lummaa Scientific reports 6 (1), 27213, 2016 | 89 | 2016 |
| Early reproductive investment, senescence and lifetime reproductive success in female Asian elephants AD Hayward, KU Mar, M Lahdenperä, V Lummaa Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (4), 772-783, 2014 | 87 | 2014 |
| Selection for long lifespan in men: benefits of grandfathering? M Lahdenperä, AF Russell, V Lummaa Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274 (1624), 2437-2444, 2007 | 73 | 2007 |
| Causes and correlates of calf mortality in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) KU Mar, M Lahdenperä, V Lummaa PLoS One 7 (3), e32335, 2012 | 72 | 2012 |
| Demographic and evolutionary trends in ovarian function and aging T Laisk, O Tšuiko, T Jatsenko, P Hõrak, M Otala, M Lahdenperä, ... Human reproduction update 25 (1), 34-50, 2019 | 61 | 2019 |
| Limits to fitness benefits of prolonged post-reproductive lifespan in women SN Chapman, JE Pettay, V Lummaa, M Lahdenperä Current Biology 29 (4), 645-650. e3, 2019 | 51 | 2019 |
| Differences in age-specific mortality between wild-caught and captive-born Asian elephants M Lahdenperä, KU Mar, A Courtiol, V Lummaa Nature communications 9 (1), 3023, 2018 | 49 | 2018 |
| Personality and long-term reproductive success measured by the number of grandchildren V Berg, V Lummaa, M Lahdenperä, A Rotkirch, M Jokela Evolution and Human Behavior 35 (6), 533-539, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| Evaluating the personality structure of semi-captive Asian elephants living in their natural habitat MW Seltmann, S Helle, MJ Adams, KU Mar, M Lahdenperä Royal Society open science 5 (2), 172026, 2018 | 41 | 2018 |
| Selection on menopause in two premodern human populations: no evidence for the mother hypothesis M Lahdenperä, AF Russell, M Tremblay, V Lummaa Evolution 65 (2), 476-489, 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
| Costly reproductive competition between co-resident females in humans JE Pettay, M Lahdenperä, A Rotkirch, V Lummaa Behavioral Ecology, arw088, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
| Males have more aggressive and less sociable personalities than females in semi-captive Asian elephants MW Seltmann, S Helle, W Htut, M Lahdenperä Scientific Reports 9 (1), 2668, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Offspring fertility and grandchild survival enhanced by maternal grandmothers in a pre-industrial human society SN Chapman, M Lahdenperä, JE Pettay, RF Lynch, V Lummaa Scientific Reports 11 (1), 3652, 2021 | 34 | 2021 |
| Short-term and delayed effects of mother death on calf mortality in Asian elephants M Lahdenperä, KU Mar, V Lummaa Behavioral Ecology 27 (1), 166-174, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
| Investigating changes within the handling system of the largest semi-captive population of Asian elephants JAH Crawley, M Lahdenperä, MW Seltmann, W Htut, HH Aung, K Nyein, ... PLoS One 14 (1), e0209701, 2019 | 32 | 2019 |
| Grandmotherhood across the demographic transition SN Chapman, JE Pettay, M Lahdenperä, V Lummaa PloS one 13 (7), e0200963, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
| Anthropogenic interferences lead to gut microbiome dysbiosis in Asian elephants and may alter adaptation processes to surrounding environments MAM Moustafa, HM Chel, MJ Thu, S Bawm, LL Htun, MM Win, ZM Oo, ... Scientific reports 11 (1), 741, 2021 | 31 | 2021 |
