RE: Theorists See Evolutionary Advantages In Menopause

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Nov 28 2001 - 14:55:39 GMT

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From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
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Subject: RE: Theorists See Evolutionary Advantages In Menopause
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:55:39 -0000
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    I had a quick look and found a couple of thing suggesting something similar
    in pilot and killer whales.

    Here's one link with some references:-

    http://whale.wheelock.edu/archives/info97/0233.html

    And another piece by Jared Diamond more generally about the adaptive case
    for the menopause rom Discover magazine in 1996, that also mentioned plito
    whales:

    http://www.massey.ac.nz/~i75202/lecture5/docs/menop.htm

    It doesn't appear that the case is rock solid, and it is still unusual
    enough to cause the adaptive argument problems. Still, nice to see my
    memory wasn't completey flawed.

    Vincent

    > ----------
    > From: Wade T.Smith
    > Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:51 pm
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    > Subject: RE: Theorists See Evolutionary Advantages In Menopause
    >
    > On 11/28/01 08:30, Vincent Campbell said this-
    >
    > >I thought they'd discovered a species of whale
    > >that also has a menopause
    >
    > Interesting. I'll start looking for it.
    >
    > - Wade
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