Dana McAllen is a member of the urban exploration association that is currently investigating remnants of the worlds previous civilization. She initially made her debut in the Tunnelrunners side comic. She has been Ian's closest friend since early childhood, and is still his closest confidant.
A minimum of 1 million eggs, at let’s say 25 eggs per year (some periods can release multiple), would still last for 40,000 years. We’re only supposed to be at the 6000-something mark, right?
Wrong. Women are born with 1–2 million potential eggs (in the form of ovarian follicles), but that’s all the eggs they’ll ever have. By puberty, a woman’s egg count might be 1 million; at 25, maybe 300,000. Then, around 35, the decline starts to get a bit steeper, meaning she could lose an even higher number of eggs per month until menopause. Scientists peg the amount of lost eggs at approximately a thousand per month. By the 50’s they are pretty much gone.
population control
and definitively proves Adâh as an Ancient.
Hm, wait.
A minimum of 1 million eggs, at let’s say 25 eggs per year (some periods can release multiple), would still last for 40,000 years. We’re only supposed to be at the 6000-something mark, right?
Wrong. Women are born with 1–2 million potential eggs (in the form of ovarian follicles), but that’s all the eggs they’ll ever have. By puberty, a woman’s egg count might be 1 million; at 25, maybe 300,000. Then, around 35, the decline starts to get a bit steeper, meaning she could lose an even higher number of eggs per month until menopause. Scientists peg the amount of lost eggs at approximately a thousand per month. By the 50’s they are pretty much gone.
and that’s why granting immortality could be an extinction event 😉