The evolution of menopause

Paul W. Sherman
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Paul W. Sherman: the Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University

Nature, 1998, vol. 392, issue 6678, 759-761

Abstract: Why do women undergo the menopause? Much has been made of recent claims that non-reproducing females help their daughters to rear their grandchildren, but a new report indicates that this is not the case. By studying olive baboons and lions, one group has found that the presence of a non-reproducing mother makes no difference to the size of a female's litter or the survival of her offspring. The authors suggest that menopause is, in fact, non-adaptive, and that it occurs owing to senescence.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/33805

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