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The discovery shows that humans are not the only primate to live beyond their reproductive years and adds mystery to this apparent evolutionary illogic

Humans are outliers for the way many of us, along with a handful of toothed whale species and Asian elephants, will live well beyond our reproductive years.

Menopause is a rarity in the animal kingdom. Humans and some species of toothed whales are the only known animals to go through menopause.

Females in Uganda national park spend a fifth of their lives in post-fertile state

A new study is shaking up the world of evolutionary biology by offering some of the first evidence of menopause in a wild, non-human primate population. The findings complicate pre-existing ideas around the evolutionary function of menopause.

Possibly the Chimps at Ngogo, Uganda, Live Unnaturally Long Lives Because the Living Is Easy. Or Maybe the Ancient Apes Are a Font of Useful Knowledge

<p>To date, research has suggested that only humans and some species of toothed whales live many years of active life after the loss of reproductive ability. But now, a new study shows female chimpanzees in Uganda show signs of menopause – surviving long past the end of their ability to reproduce. Signs of menopause in wild chimpanzees may provide insights into the evolution of this rare trait in humans. The vast majority of mammals stay fertile until the very ends of their lives...

A new study challenges a prominent evolutionary theory about why women live long after their childbearing years.

Banded mongooses have long been used as a model of animal cooperation. Now, researchers in Uganda are starting to get to grips with the harsh realities of their long-running and bloody battles

THE First Minister’s coming out last weekend as having experienced menopausal symptoms was definitely a moment in the fight to break what Kirsty…