The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #67736 Message #1135692
Posted By: annamill
13-Mar-04 - 04:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: What's the use of grandma's?
Subject: RE: BS: What's the use of grandma's?
"...mortality rates accelerate from the time that offspring begin to terminate reproduction suggest(ing) that selection for post-reproductive longevity is deferred only until a woman's own offspring finish reproducing."
????
Isn't she pretty old at this point? of course the mortality rate goes up!! She's OLD! How silly!