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>>bondar+(OP)
Issues like these reflects an evolutionary blind spot: selective pressure drops off after reproductive age, allowing defects like prostate dysfunction to persist. It's the same reason late-onset neurological diseases remain prevalent.

>>blainm+x8
But the issue also causes male infertility, so that can’t be why it’s so prevalent. This is discussed in the article.

>>lukas0+Or
Male infertility after 60 is probably not very impactful from a selective point of view. For 300 000 years, almost nobody reached 60 anyway.

>>wazoox+Ov
Before. Now people are delaying childbearing. Anedacta, past year one of my work colleagues had its first child, at 62.