Use of cognitive abilities to care for grandkids may have driven evolution of menopause

Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 15:02 in Psychology & Sociology

Instead of having more children, a grandmother may pass on her genes more successfully by using her cognitive abilities to directly or indirectly aid her existing children and grandchildren. Such an advantage could have driven the evolution of menopause in humans.

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