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Why humans live long after menopause

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Outliving your reproductive usefulness is a remarkably unique evolutionary glitch. Aside from a few species of whales, female humans are the only animals on Earth that continue to live for decades after their reproductive organs permanently shut down. Nature essentially decided that helping raise grandchildren was better than having more babies.

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