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> 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.