An agent-based model of coevolving lifespan and fertility termination finds that grandmother effects maintain menopause before age 50 while driving extended human longevity.
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Why does women's fertility end in mid-life? Grandmothering and age at last birth
An agent-based model of coevolving lifespan and fertility termination finds that grandmother effects maintain menopause before age 50 while driving extended human longevity.