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Life expectancy has changed in the sense that fewer people die to do preventable causes such as childbirth, bacteria, viruses etc, not that our life span has in
by BadassFractal 10y ago
Life expectancy has changed in the sense that fewer people die to do preventable causes such as childbirth, bacteria, viruses etc, not that our life span has increased in any significant way: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/life-expectancy-myth-and-why-many-ancient-humans-lived-long-077889 http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/...
- metaphorm 10y agobetter nutrition and hygiene, and generally lower alcohol and tobacco consumption (in the West anyway) have slightly extended the total lifespan for people who don't die early of accidental or pathogenic deaths. however, you're still absolutely right that senescence is inevitable and we have very little, besides nutrition and exercise, that can do anything about it.