Cimarron
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Do you think the role of grandparents in human society (that is, three generations alive at once) has had a significant impact on our evolution? And in what way?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/8906811/Grandparents-give-humans-evolutionary-edge.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/8906811/Grandparents-give-humans-evolutionary-edge.html
And it must mean not only surviving to see two or more younger generations, but being involved together with them as a society.Humans are practically unique as a species in having grandparents who are involved in the lives of their grandchildren.
Dr David Coall, from Edith Cowan University said: "Evolutionary perspectives on the post-reproductive years have highlighted grandparenthood as an unusual feature of the human lifespan that is only shared with one or two other species, such as some whale species.