X-Message-Number: 12846 From: "John Clark" <> Subject: Longevity Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 10:16:31 -0500 In #12841 on 25 Nov 1999 Rand Simberg <>Wrote: >don't mice (at least the female ones) go through an rodentiary equivalent >of menopause? No, humans are one of the very few animals in which menopause and death by old age do not coincide. There is a consensus that this fact gives us a powerful clue into the nature of human evolution and aging, unfortunately there is not a consensus into exactly what the clue is trying to tell us. John K Clark Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12846