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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
November 6, 2008, Evolutionary Psychology

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

By Satoshi Kanazawa on November 6, 2008 in The Scientific Fundamentalist

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

Submitted by El on November 26, 2008 - 10:31am.

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

Submitted by El on November 26, 2008 - 10:33am.

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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