9/7/2015 – Did grandmas make people pair up?

Human longevity from grandmothering tied to human coupling

If you are in a special relationship with another person, thank grandma – not just yours, but all grandmothers since humans evolved.

“It looks like grandmothering was crucial to the development of pair bonds in humans,” says Hawkes, senior author of the new study published online in the Sept. 7 edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Read the full article at EurekAlert (American Association for the Advancement of Science).