Lucy Cooke
👤 Speaker
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total appearances
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Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
We're not talking a solid turd by any means.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
Yeah, it was assumed that human females were the only species that went through it.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
So we were just, yeah, we were just freaks.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
Natural selection takes a pretty dim view of a loss of fertility.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
So the idea was that perhaps human females were living beyond their reproductive shelf life because we were being propped up by regular meals and modern medicine.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
You know, it's an emotional and physical roller coaster.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
But she also says... Once it's... I was going to say it's icy fingers, but it's anything but icy.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
She did have in the back of her mind this question, which was... Why?