Study reveals average age at conception for men vs. women over past 250k years

Re:Study reveals average age at conception for men vs. women... by AdrianB1 on Monday January 23, 2023 @08:21AM (#34488397)

Sexually mature? Definitely not. Able to procreate? That depends on nutrition, probably not, only a few years later (15-17).

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Re:Study reveals average age at conception for men vs. women... by tokai on Monday January 23, 2023 @09:58AM (#34489497)

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.

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Re:Study reveals average age at conception for men vs. women... by AdrianB1 on Monday January 23, 2023 @11:13AM (#34490660)

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.

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Re:Study reveals average age at conception for men vs. women... by GoblinSlayer on Monday January 23, 2023 @10:08AM (#34489652)

And nutrition depends on whether they have someone to feed them.

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