• and process of the evolution of menopause. These attempt to suggest evolutionary benefits to the human species stemming from the cessation of women's reproductive...
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    Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time when menstrual periods permanently stop, marking the end of reproduction. It typically occurs between...
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    with other hominids. Delayed human sexual maturity also led to the evolution of menopause with one explanation, the grandmother hypothesis, providing that...
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    Kronborg; Weiss, Michael N.; Croft, Darren P. (13 March 2024). "The evolution of menopause in toothed whales". Nature. 627 (8004): 579–585. Bibcode:2024Natur...
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  • Leigh Van Valen (category University of Chicago faculty)
    Theory 12 (2001), 99–100. "The evolution of menopause", Evolutionary Theory 12 (2003), 131–153. "The statistics of variation", in: Variation (B. Hallgrímsson...
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    O'Connor KA, Holman DJ, Brindle E, Barsom SH, Grimes MA (2001). The evolution of menopause by antagonistic pleiotropy. Center for Demography and Ecology, Working...
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  • The Evolution of Human Sexuality is a 1997 book about the evolution of human sexuality by the biologist Jared Diamond. Diamond addresses aspects of human...
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    hypothesis describes the evolution of menopause, which may or may not be unique to humans among primates. As women age, the costs of investing in additional...
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    years. Menstrual cycles end at menopause, which is usually between 45 and 55 years of age. Between menarche and menopause the ovaries regularly alternate...
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    (sprouting of breasts), menstruation (egg production), pregnancy (reproduction), lactation (feeding of offspring), and menopause (end of menstruation)...
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