Kevin Langergraber

So I'm going to get some indirect fitness benefits through this young female's reproduction.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

On the other hand... Can the young female say the same thing about the reproduction of this old female?

No, she shares no genes with the hypothetical offspring of this old female.

So as the evolutionary math would have it— Old females are predicted to sort of cede these reproductive opportunities to the young females and stop reproducing.

But just like the grandmother hypothesis, it's not a perfect fit.

No, I do not.

Oh, what?

I do not.

Wait, so I'm just left hanging?

Right, right.

And left with, I don't know, just the...

The magic and wonder of this world, right?