Molly Webster
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Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
And he puts a little plastic bag on the end of the Y.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
And you get this stream of pee to connect with your stick.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
Now, these pee samples, they're sort of like the whale poop.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
They can tell you a lot about what's happening in the bodies of individual chimps, like Garbo, for example.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
So when Kevin analyzed her samples and the samples of the other older female chimps.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
And I mean like they go through menopause.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
It's very similar to the human experience.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
Kevin was very careful to mention that like I can't speak to hot flashes.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
Like I can't speak to some of the physical symptoms or like the emotional swings.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
And that cessation, it's pretty similar to the pattern in humans.