RE: Reproductive cycles
November 1, 2014 at 2:32 pm
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2014 at 2:36 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Yes, but the implication you overlooked is gestation period in families of animals reflects a separate evolutionary optimization Of traits required for adaptation to the family's life style than adult female size.
Human gestation period is 9 and half months not because the average human female is 100 lbs give or take, it is because humans are apes and has had a ape like lifestyle and metabolism for so long we are still constrained by many of adaptation to it. If we are the same size as we are now but had been descendants of predatory cats our gestation period would probably be three months.
Cat and dog gestation period is not 60 days purely because they are smaller then we. Lions and tigers bigger than we have gestation periods of only 100 days.
Human gestation period is 9 and half months not because the average human female is 100 lbs give or take, it is because humans are apes and has had a ape like lifestyle and metabolism for so long we are still constrained by many of adaptation to it. If we are the same size as we are now but had been descendants of predatory cats our gestation period would probably be three months.
Cat and dog gestation period is not 60 days purely because they are smaller then we. Lions and tigers bigger than we have gestation periods of only 100 days.
