Menopause Starting to Give Up its Mysteries
How come women in their 50s stop having babies? And could it be that so many older mothers nowadays is evidence that evolution is working in reverse and menopause is now coming later rather than sooner?
Research from Britain's Sheffield University published this month bolsters the theory that menopause evolved so that older women could focus on being grannies rather than having babies that would compete for finite resources with the offspring of their daughters and daughters-in-law.
