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Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.bsky.social |
Aside from humans, there are only five species known to regularly go through menopause--all of them whales. A new study suggests many of the same evolutionary factors have produced it in every case. 🧪 [Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/s...
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Howard Lee
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And chimpanzees: news.arizona.edu/story/resear...
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Stilty
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Fascinating! I did not expect to find whales and menopause interesting, but I learned a ton! I am now going to regularly grapple with whether there’s potentially evolutionary benefits to menopause. Thank you!!
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