Surprisingly long-lived wild female chimps go through menopause
It’s the first known example of wild, nonhuman primates going through the hormonal changes
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A female chimp dubbed Ma Rainey, estimated to be about 68 years old, contributed to a new study that reports the first evidence of menopause in a wild, nonhuman primate species.
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