Menopause is the point at which a woman’s ovaries stop working. As a result, she can no longer get pregnant and her body stops producing hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.
Interestingly, almost all animals, except humans, retain the ability to reproduce throughout their lives. Even female whales experience menopause (beluga whales, short-finned pilot whales, killer whales and narwhals).
In general, there must be a reason why, at a certain point in the evolutionary process, women were no longer able to reproduce, but also continued to live. One hypothesis is that supposedly older, non-fertile females benefit the group: they can forage for food, look after babies.
There is also the option that the cause of menopause becomes irrelevant now. And once he somehow helped people.
Women live longer than men, but their health is not maintained throughout their lives. The main causes of death for women in the UK are various types of dementia and heart disease. But in women who entered the menopause late – after the age of 55, this negative effect decreases. Scientists have found that life expectancy has increased compared to those who have previously entered menopause.
At the same time, scientific research shows that women with long-term exposure to natural estrogen (i.e. those with early puberty onset and/or late menopause) are more likely to develop breast, ovarian and uterine cancers.
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Source: Ferra
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