Molly Webster
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Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
So Garbo is not making Christmas cookies for her grandchildren.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
She's not doing anything toward the youth.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
Kevin and a bunch of the other scientists started looking into, like, what is going on here?
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
I love that we've gone from like the grandmother hypothesis, which feels so loving, to reproductive conflict.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
Well, bear with me because in some ways it's maybe the opposite or it's maybe not quite what you think it's going to be.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
And the theory itself is like a little bit convoluted, but the big idea is that there's a sort of subtle evolutionary calculation that
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
Hidden in the way chimpanzee females set up their families.
Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery
When you first get into that new family, you're not related to anybody around you.