Thread:User talk:Nebuchadnezzar/menapause

here. I didn't read the actual study, but i'm bothered by one primary aspect of this article. It says women who start menopause around 51, do so "just at the time their children start families". Ok, there is something higly problematic about this. 1) the average life span at the time of the evolution of menopause is shorter than most women will ever hit menopause. (40 years, generally). 2) most people started sexual lives at or near the time they started being a woman, so 15ish as a late date. that makes a woman likely to be a grand parent at 30, and a great grand parent at 45. What the fuck am i missing? it seems to me highly problamatic to use modern norms for your study... just saying.