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Also mothers have always been substantially more likely to die during childbirth than fathers, which reduces the number of older potential mothers. I know a po

Also mothers have always been substantially more likely to die during childbirth than fathers, which reduces the number of older potential mothers. I know a popsci article isn’t going to mention every possible contributory factor, but come on.

poulsbohemian 4y ago
Agreed - maybe I missed it in the article, but this finding would be way more relevant and interesting if it had some kind of "BC / AD" type delineation, IE: "before" modern medicine and sanitation and "post." Anecdotally, when I think about my own family (with records dating back hundreds of years...) the findings are only true for cases like you suggest.
kbelder 4y ago
And fathers are substantially more likely to die overall, so that may not be a factor at all.