Re:Study reveals average age at conception for men vs. women...
by tokai on Monday January 23, 2023 @06:15AM
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Are female hunter-gatherers even sexually mature by 12-15?
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Re:Study reveals average age at conception for men vs. women...
by AdrianB1 on Monday January 23, 2023 @08:21AM
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Sexually mature? Definitely not. Able to procreate? That depends on nutrition, probably not, only a few years later (15-17).
Re:Study reveals average age at conception for men vs. women...
by tokai on Monday January 23, 2023 @09:58AM
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Sexual maturity means that an organism as reached the capability of to reproduce.
Looked around in the literature. Apparently consensus is that paleolithic hunter-gathers had menarche earlier than agricultural groups. Around the same age as the current averages in developed countries.
Re:Study reveals average age at conception for men vs. women...
by AdrianB1 on Monday January 23, 2023 @11:13AM
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Having menarche and having the capability to bring a child to term are different. Pregnancies at early age have a higher rate of miscarriage. It seems there is a question of definition of sexual maturity - for me it is the age of reliably giving birth, for you the capability of getting pregnant. I am fine with either as long as it is clear what we use.
Re:Study reveals average age at conception for men vs. women...
by GoblinSlayer on Monday January 23, 2023 @10:08AM
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And nutrition depends on whether they have someone to feed them.