"Grandmother Hypothesis” Gets Some Support

New studies suggest forebears’ age and physical proximity matter when it comes to their grandkids’ survival.

Grandmas often help out a lot with grandkids.

That may be why women live long past reproductive age and why menopause, which is rare among animals, evolved—an idea called the "grandmother hypothesis."

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