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Evolutionary anthropology

the proposal that human longevity beyond female reproduction was selected through high-status older men who kept reproducing, with menopause a byproduct.

In evolutionary anthropology, patriarch hypothesis refers to the proposal that human longevity beyond female reproduction was selected through high-status older men who kept reproducing, with menopause a byproduct. This meaning comes from Marlowe (2000) in Human Nature.[1]

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Marlowe, F. (2000). The patriarch hypothesis: An alternative explanation of menopause. Human Nature, 11(1), 27-42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-000-1001-7

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