eli5 – Why are biological females finished physically/emotionally maturing before biological males?

Question

And for that matter, is this even true? I was always told that females were done maturing before males when I was younger and I was wondering if there’s a scientific reason for this if it’s true.

In: Biology

Answer 1

Probably because a species survives better when the females can reproduce earlier than later. Men of age 12ish all the way until they die can bust nuts so that’s never gonna be a problem.