https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2004/03/11/Why-do-Women-go-Through-Menopause.aspxA new study supports the hypothesis that menopause and female life span beyond the ability to have children evolved because the advantage of helping daughters reproduce and raise their children outweighed the advantages of continuing to give birth. InenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)