What Does the "Grandmother Hypothesis" Propose to Explain

question 37

Multiple Choice

What does the "grandmother hypothesis" propose to explain?

• A) the age of onset of menopause
• B) the age of puberty for males
• C) the age of onset of menarche
• D) the existence of menopause
• E) the existence of estrogen production

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