Carole Hooven, Ph.D.

It's sex.

Yeah.

Ultimately, of course, we have love and we have relationships and all of that.

But that is for reproduction.

That whole love thing is just to get your genes into the next generation via the kid.

And the love of the wife is to ensure that maximize the chances of that happening.

No, we're going to keep doing it until we die.

Well, there aren't really too many other animals that get past their reproductive age.

So menopause, you mean?

Who has menopause?

Yeah.

So some whales, rare captive chimp, or maybe there's some wild chimps who have had menopause.

It's just very rare.

Grandmothers make a massive contribution to their daughters.

and their daughter's kids in terms of knowledge and support.

Someone who is no longer capable of reproducing, that's valuable.

You don't want to be reproducing in your 80s because it's a total waste of energy and you're likely to die potentially from trying.

You can invest in your genes that are in your daughter and her kids.

So that makes a big difference.

I'm still not sure what question you're asking exactly.