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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

For Anyone Looking to Indulge a Martyr Complex

Here's an article for you! Apparently, sons shave some time (34 weeks, or so) off their mother's lives. Now, before you panic too much, the evidence for this was found by a Finnish evolutionary biologist who examined centuries-old birth, marriage and death records.

Does this analysis translate into the twenty-first century? Probably not so much in most developed countries but there are plenty of parts of the world where the Finnish paradigm could easily apply.

posted by Elise at 11:34 AM

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1 Comments:

Laura Staum said...

Given how many of the effects mentioned in the article seem to persist even when the male child dies in childhood or even infancy, it seems quite possible that it DOES translate into the twenty-first century. After all, modern mothers and female twins of male children are still exposed to more testosterone than if the male child had been female...

10/10/2007 9:40 PM

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