Dr. Paul Turke

So, and the problem with it is, is you make that decision in your 30s and 40s and then you're 50 and you might start to say, oops, and then it's kind of late, you know, but one of the good things is that Natural selection never had to be more specific than it needed to be to solve the problem.

So, and the problem with it is, is you make that decision in your 30s and 40s and then you're 50 and you might start to say, oops, and then it's kind of late, you know, but one of the good things is that Natural selection never had to be more specific than it needed to be to solve the problem.

So, and the problem with it is, is you make that decision in your 30s and 40s and then you're 50 and you might start to say, oops, and then it's kind of late, you know, but one of the good things is that Natural selection never had to be more specific than it needed to be to solve the problem.

So because we were embedded in these kinship networks and people like sex and when babies came, they tended to be pretty, you know, sensitive. willing to care for them and love them and want to nurture them, that led naturally to reproductive success. But very few of us just walked around back in the places scene saying, I want to have children. I want to have children because we...

So because we were embedded in these kinship networks and people like sex and when babies came, they tended to be pretty, you know, sensitive. willing to care for them and love them and want to nurture them, that led naturally to reproductive success. But very few of us just walked around back in the places scene saying, I want to have children. I want to have children because we...

So because we were embedded in these kinship networks and people like sex and when babies came, they tended to be pretty, you know, sensitive. willing to care for them and love them and want to nurture them, that led naturally to reproductive success. But very few of us just walked around back in the places scene saying, I want to have children. I want to have children because we...

those other two things led to having children. And so I don't think early on as young people, we think those things. So it's easy sort of to be led off track and say, yeah, I don't want to have kids. It's not a good thing to have kids for various reasons. And whatever, and then suddenly think, oh, it's too late. Maybe I should have gone in the other direction.

those other two things led to having children. And so I don't think early on as young people, we think those things. So it's easy sort of to be led off track and say, yeah, I don't want to have kids. It's not a good thing to have kids for various reasons. And whatever, and then suddenly think, oh, it's too late. Maybe I should have gone in the other direction.

those other two things led to having children. And so I don't think early on as young people, we think those things. So it's easy sort of to be led off track and say, yeah, I don't want to have kids. It's not a good thing to have kids for various reasons. And whatever, and then suddenly think, oh, it's too late. Maybe I should have gone in the other direction.

So I worry about some of the younger generation doing that. But what I was starting to get at, though, is because natural selection is not all that specific is You can probably make yourself happier and build a fulfilling life even after you've not had your own children and grandchildren just by helping. Because we feel good about helping. We feel good about being relevant.

So I worry about some of the younger generation doing that. But what I was starting to get at, though, is because natural selection is not all that specific is You can probably make yourself happier and build a fulfilling life even after you've not had your own children and grandchildren just by helping. Because we feel good about helping. We feel good about being relevant.

So I worry about some of the younger generation doing that. But what I was starting to get at, though, is because natural selection is not all that specific is You can probably make yourself happier and build a fulfilling life even after you've not had your own children and grandchildren just by helping. Because we feel good about helping. We feel good about being relevant.

So I would encourage people out there to help. even if they don't have children to, you know, to maybe, uh, do something that's helpful for them. And I think they'll feel happier, happier for it. And maybe that's the pediatrician coming out in need.

So I would encourage people out there to help. even if they don't have children to, you know, to maybe, uh, do something that's helpful for them. And I think they'll feel happier, happier for it. And maybe that's the pediatrician coming out in need.

So I would encourage people out there to help. even if they don't have children to, you know, to maybe, uh, do something that's helpful for them. And I think they'll feel happier, happier for it. And maybe that's the pediatrician coming out in need.

I think there's reason to believe that menopause is pretty ancient, that it started to happen right after the split from the other hominoid apes. So basically, selection stayed stronger for longer because we were doing things helpful, increasing our reproductive viability later in life. But selection, for some reason, didn't push... ovulatory function to later and later ages.

I think there's reason to believe that menopause is pretty ancient, that it started to happen right after the split from the other hominoid apes. So basically, selection stayed stronger for longer because we were doing things helpful, increasing our reproductive viability later in life. But selection, for some reason, didn't push... ovulatory function to later and later ages.

I think there's reason to believe that menopause is pretty ancient, that it started to happen right after the split from the other hominoid apes. So basically, selection stayed stronger for longer because we were doing things helpful, increasing our reproductive viability later in life. But selection, for some reason, didn't push... ovulatory function to later and later ages.

And I think the reason is, is because it was more adaptive to stop at a certain age because children were becoming, you know, more helpless, more altricial is the word. And, uh, their, their, their period of dependency lasted a lot longer.

And I think the reason is, is because it was more adaptive to stop at a certain age because children were becoming, you know, more helpless, more altricial is the word. And, uh, their, their, their period of dependency lasted a lot longer.