Mate Choice and the Origin of Menopause

Overview of attention for article published in PLoS Computational Biology, June 2013

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Menopause may not be caused by biological altruism, but male mate choice favouring younger partners

User zxgf, in the Evolutionary Psychology / Sociobiology subreddit, 21 Feb 2015

[science] Mate Choice and the Origin of Menopause: "male mating preference for younger females could lead to the accumulation of mutations deleterious to female fertility and thus produce a menopausal period" [full article]

User telnet_reddit_80, in the The Red Pill subreddit, 14 Jun 2013

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