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If humans reach sexual maturity around age 12 or 13 on average, what prevented us from becoming like other mammals who:
>Reproduce immediately upon reaching maturity
>Reproduce often, as in every year, until they are no longer able
Obviously there are limiting factors in the environment, the whole deal with carrying capacity, and the fact that not every individual actually reproduces all the time. But was there ever a point or will there ever be a point where humans are basically reduced to the reproductive rate and activity of something like a rodent? What prevented that from happening?
If humans reach sexual maturity around age 12 or 13 on average, what prevented us from becoming like other mammals who:
>Reproduce immediately upon reaching maturity
>Reproduce often, as in every year, until they are no longer able
Obviously there are limiting factors in the environment, the whole deal with carrying capacity, and the fact that not every individual actually reproduces all the time. But was there ever a point or will there ever be a point where humans are basically reduced to the reproductive rate and activity of something like a rodent? What prevented that from happening?
