The Scientific Fundamentalist

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Satoshi Kanazawa is an evolutionary psychologist at LSE and the coauthor (with the late Alan S. Miller) of Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters. See full bio

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The 50-0-50 rule in action: Age of puberty, and what parental divorce means for girls

Another individual trait which follows the 50-0-50 rule is the age of puberty, in particular, the age at which girls experience menarche (onset of menstruation). Read More

I think the article is very

I think the article is very well written, but it would be interesting to read more about HOW (or WHY) exactly pubertal timing is influenced by: age and parental divorce. For example, what is the biological or physiological aspect of this?

actually, this article does

actually, this article does a pretty good job of answering my question:
http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/2008...

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