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For the first time, scientists have found evidence of menopause in wild chimpanzees (www.abc.net.au)
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Urine samples collected from wild chimpanzees in Uganda over decades have revealed older female chimps undergo hormonal changes much like those in menopausal humans.

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[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

Nature seems extremely chaotic and extremely calculating at the same time.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

It is both things - statistics on random events. Einstein would argue that God doesn't play dice with the universe, but it seems that the gods play poker with living things instead.

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