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Originally Posted by Chandela
Excuse me if I am being ignorant but exactly how is that useful? I think I missed something...
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(re menopause) No other spieces (that I know of) goes through menopause. So it is an
evolved trait. Presumably, it was considered beneficial in an evolutionary sense for mothers to not compete with their daughters for resources by continuing to reproduce, but to continue to assist her children by helping to look after her grandchildren, along with the other tasks that she did prior to menopause.
So women are useful for a lot more then simply procreation, and in fact it's more useful for older women to
not procreate, but continue to assist the community.