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-Metacelsus- t1_j77hggg wrote

Reply to comment by Ech_01 in What causes the onset of puberty specifically? by Voomit

Interestingly, age of female puberty has been steadily decreasing over the last century. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12319855/ https://vitalrecord.tamhsc.edu/decreasing-age-puberty/

This is probably due to increasing food consumption.

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3leberkaasSemmeln t1_j77x4ju wrote

Makes sense from evolutionary point of view. Oh there is enough food? Then we can go into this major growth, that requires a lot of energy. Oh there is not enough food? Let’s wait another year or two and hope that the situation is better then.

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