Re: Theorists See Evolutionary Advantages In Menopause

From: Wade Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 28 2001 - 16:40:09 GMT

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

    Thanks, Vincent- you beat me to it.

    - Wade

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