>if I was a cave man living in Paleolithic times, what would I do?  And
don't tell me to just
>let the baby die.  I'm looking for a workable solution....

I'm delurking.

The mechanism of synchronized menstrual periods among women living closely
in the same group may have helped in Paleo times when a baby's mother died
or was otherwise incapacitated. Women synchronized in menstrual periods
were likely to also be synchronized in ovulation, and thus in being
pregnant at the same time. Therefore, a baby whose mother died would have
other lactating mothers around.

Back to lurking.

Lynne




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Lynne Meyer-Gay
Cambridge, Massachusetts