Age of Parent

Maria Dempsey; Robert King

Age of Parent

Maria Dempsey
, Robert King

School of Applied Psychology

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Parental age. Although it might seem obvious what “parental age” refers to, it should be noted that age at first menarche, age at first sexual encounter, and age of first birth may not, indeed typically do not, coincide. Biosocial factors, such as status, must also be included. Also worthy of note is that humans are unusual mammals in that females can live for 25 or more years after maternal viability stops (at around age 50). Menopause may well be an adaptation to grand-parental investment beyond child-bearing years (Buss and Schmitt 1993).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science
Editors	T. Shackelford, V. Weekes-Shackelford
Publisher	Springer
Pages	127-128
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319196503
ISBN (Print)	9783319196497
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021

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