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Re:Why can’t women get pregnant without the menstrual cycle?... by toasterlovin on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:25PM (#16467020)
Just a friendly reminder that correlation != causation. Personally, I would bet that what's happening here is that healthier individuals choose to have more children, rather than that having more children increases life span.
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Re:Why can’t women get pregnant without the menstrual cycle?... by BurningFrog on Monday February 26, 2018 @10:33PM (#16470884)
Almost.

An evolutionary theory based guess is that healthy long lived individuals are more attractive in the mating arena and therefore have more children.

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Re:Why can’t women get pregnant without the menstrual cycle?... by toasterlovin on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @10:19AM (#16474063)
I think the Amish get married young and then stay married for life, so not sure if attractiveness plays a factor (since more or less everybody gets a mate).
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