X-Message-Number: 12846
From: "John Clark" <>
Subject: Longevity 
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 10:16:31 -0500

In #12841 on 25 Nov 1999 Rand Simberg <>Wrote:

    >don't mice (at least the female ones) go through an rodentiary equivalent
    >of menopause?

No, humans are one of the very few animals in which menopause and death
by old age do not coincide. There is a consensus that this fact gives us a
powerful clue into the nature of human evolution and aging, unfortunately
there is not a consensus into exactly what the clue is trying to tell us.

    John K Clark      

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