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okay so explain our short telomeres promoting cancer what are armchair archeologists going to say, “thats because it enabled strong community ties and the huma

okay so explain our short telomeres promoting cancer what are armchair archeologists going to say, “thats because it enabled strong community ties and the humans with long telomeres didn't value life as strongly” as opposed to being a total freak accident that had nothing to do with anything

sqeaky 2y ago
> okay so explain our short telomeres promoting cancer They don't kill us before we procreate. Evolution checks out at childbirth so you get "genetic drift".
- yieldcrv 2y ago
  > the answer is always "it doesn't kill or sterilize you before you reproduce" QED
  - sqeaky 2y ago
    Compare to inflammation which might kill 1 in 10,000 before reproduction. Cancer in seniors doesn't.