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| Packer, C. | |
| Why Menopause? | |
| 1998 Natural History (7-8): 24-26 | |
Since many women today live well into their seventies, menopause seems a frustrating, oldfashioned constraint. Indeed, evolutionary biologists have long viewed menopause as a reflection of life-history patterns adapted to a pretechnological era. Biologists have not agreed, however, on just why and how menopause evolved. Some consider it a natural part of the aging process; others see it as some sort of adaptation, a milestone like puberty, marking a new phase in life. |
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