Live Longer, Thanks To Evolution
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 11:40
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have documented the first fossil-based evidence supporting an evolutionary theory of aging, which predicts that species evolving in low mortality and resource-limited ecosystems tend to be more long-lived.But that is not an endorsement of banning guns and caloric restriction. It's a little more complicated than that. read more
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