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The counterpoint being that in resource-scarce evolutionary environments, every grandparent (or even parent) that stays around is consuming resources that could instead go toward creating+maintaining an additional child.


That's assuming that they consume more resources than they extract from the environment. And then there's also that grandparents can use the power and influence they've accumulated to benefit their grandchildren.


Often grandparents will starve to keep grandkids alive. Grandkids eat first.




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