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Should be context dependent. New parents benefit a lot from their own elder family members giving them advice on the basics; in an environment with less informa
by afthonos 7y ago
Should be context dependent. New parents benefit a lot from their own elder family members giving them advice on the basics; in an environment with less information (i.e. no internet), the advantage vs. people with no parents or family to help would have been substantial. So unless we expand the definition of “child-rearing years”, I think it could go either way.
- RomanBob 7y agofor any amount of food, it's better to have an adult rather than an elder, for any particular gene. So a truly optimal age system would have no old age at all, you will just die off after your children are self-sustaining.