13/03/2026
Menopause is often framed as an ending. Evolutionary biology suggests it may mark the beginning of a new chapter, and neuroscience is starting to explain why.
The grandmother hypothesis offers one explanation: that post-reproductive women help strengthen the survival of families and communities across generations.
We introduced this theory at our recent Neuroscience of Menopause talk and it sparked so many conversations that we thought it deserved a closer look.