Research on the Ngogo community in Uganda reveals that humans humans aren’t the only primates with long post-fertile life stage. A team of researchers has been studying the Ngogo community of wild chimpanzees in Uganda's Kibale National Park for over twenty years. Their recent publication in the jo
Female chimpanzees in Uganda’s Ngogo community experienced a menopausal transition similar to women.
Fertility among chimpanzees studied declined after age 30, and no births were observed after age 50.
The data can help researchers better understand why menopause and post-fertile survival occur in nature and how it evolved in the human species.
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<p>A team of researchers studying the Ngogo community of wild chimpanzees in western Uganda’s Kibale National Park for two decades has published <a href="http://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add5473" target=" blank">a report in Science</a> showing that females in this population can experience menopause and postreproductive survival.</p>