Different in degree or kind: only humans have menopause (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, February 15, 2019, 15:05 (2108 days ago) @ dhw

QUOTE: "The studies are part of a broader effort to explain the existence of menopause, a rarity in the animal kingdom. The so-called “grandmother hypothesis” stipulates that, from an evolution standpoint, women’s longevity is due to their contributions to their grandkids’ survival, thus extending their own lineage. (David's bold)

DAVID’s comment: Followers of Darwin can make up all sorts of just-so stories. There is no clear evidence that grand motherhood evolved to keep another generation alive. Note my bold.
Menopause in another big way that humans differ from all other animals.

dhw: So why do you think your God specially designed the menopause?

DAVID: The theory in the past was early humans didn't live much longer than when the eggs disappeared. Menopause just a century ago was late 30's to early 40's and now is late 40's into mid 50's, which raises the interesting thought, do women have more eggs now? Sexual development starts earlier also. Why? Better nutrition? These are all modern changes.

As for God's reasons, all I can point to is God wanted humans as very different.

dhw: “Followers of Darwin can make up all sorts of just-so stories” for which there is “no clear evidence”. Do you not realize that folk like Dawkins can say exactly the same about you and your God and your fixed belief that you know what your God wants? There is no “clear evidence” for ANY of the hypotheses put forward by theists and atheists alike. If there was, they would no longer be hypotheses but facts.

As my books show, there is much more evidence for God and evolution than for natural evolution.