At 10.52 -0500 98-11-24, Sandy Rzetelny wrote:
>...
>Is there evidence indicating that the paleo hunter gatherer woman did undergo
>menopause?

Oh, yes. Available data suggest an average age at menopause of
approximately 47 years.

1  Phillips JCM et al. New field techniques for detection of female
reproductive status. Am J Phys Anthropol 1991; 85: 143.
2  Wood J. Fertility and reproductive biology. In Attenborough R and Alpers
M (eds). The Small Cosmos. Oxford University Press 1991.

Staffan Lindeberg, M.D. Ph.D.
Dept of Community Health Sciences, Lund University, Mailing address:
Primary Health Care Centre, Sjobo, S-22738 Sweden, +46 416 28140, Fax +46
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http://www.panix.com/~paleodiet/lindeberg/