Talk:Grandmother hypothesis

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Here's an interesting bit:

Both pregnancy and childbirth are extremely detrimental to the health and longevity of women. Pregnancy increases a woman’s caloric intake requirements

I'd like to note that there's some dispute over just how much your energy intake affects your longevity. Aubrey de Grey recently wrote a paper that casts doubt on the notion that eating fewer Calories will significantly prolong you. At the very least, the article should explain the link between calories and ageing, for those who are unfamiliar with the notion. —RadRafe 04:00, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

What about the fact that most societies were patrilineal? The women would go live in another society away from their mothers (the grandmothers).

*coughcough* Paternal grandparents *coughcough* 209.234.66.97 15:42, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

In addition to lacking proper citation, I have to question the general knowledge of the author who believes "topographical dangers such as falls from a height" would be a significant danger to the direct ancestral hominids, who, in addition to retaining a degree of aboreal aptitude, spent the majority of their existence on savannah plains and forest edges. Perhaps a reference to more likely socialy constructed effects of menopause should be offered as an explanation for "[the] high level of variability in menopausal symptoms across populations[.]"