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The genetic change I am referring to is since we split from our common ancestors the chimps and gorillas. Our ageing rate has more than halved since this split.
by danieltillett 8y ago
The genetic change I am referring to is since we split from our common ancestors the chimps and gorillas. Our ageing rate has more than halved since this split. This has been so rapid and so recent that it can't involve that many genes.
- olliej 8y agoWe diverged from apes around 7 million years ago, so assuming a way higher than reasonable average generation time of 50 years gives you 140k generations. If we assume a more reasonable turn around (based on 15 being a marriage worthy age in Romeo and Juliet) we easily get around 300k generations. That’s actually quite a lot for evolution to play with.