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You can rant against it all you want, but we already live much longer than is justifiable from the evolutionary perspective. If it was up to the evolution alone
by ein0p 2y ago
You can rant against it all you want, but we already live much longer than is justifiable from the evolutionary perspective. If it was up to the evolution alone, we wouldn’t live past 50. So try to make something of your life while it lasts. Or just enjoy the festivities, that’s perfectly valid, too.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> If it was up to the evolution alone, we wouldn’t live past 50 What is the other factor pushing it up?
- ein0p 2y agoWe’re probably just using the “overengineering” that the evolution put into us to account for much harsher living conditions that existed previously. I have no other explanation, in any case. That’s also why a lot of us are fat.
- naveen99 2y agoThere used to be more age difference between husbands and wives. Men who outsmarted and out gunned the competition to live longer got to reproduce a lot more… evolution does select for men who reproduce more later.
- ElFitz 2y agoHere: https://www.nature.com/articles/428128a https://www.nature.com/articles/428128a
- komali2 2y agoSince humans are very social creatures I think it's possible that variations of humans that live longer were selected for since the elderly can help care for the younger, teach things, etc.