• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    There are other species which have elderly members, namely whales and elephants.

    It’s postulated that having grandmothers helps in a species where young take a long time to mature.

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      The thing is, for it to be an evolutionary advantage it can’t be common. That’s one theory behind why grandmas aren’t more common in species.