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If you live longer you can have more offspring. Maybe constraints on your time and resources for raising offspring are really what prevent longevity from being
by adrianbg 14y ago
If you live longer you can have more offspring. Maybe constraints on your time and resources for raising offspring are really what prevent longevity from being much of an advantage?
- saraid216 14y ago> If you live longer you can have more offspring. I'm pretty sure this is untrue; the likelihood of offspring drops pretty precipitously after certain ages.
- jere 14y ago>the likelihood of offspring drops pretty precipitously after certain ages. That's a bit of circular logic though. We can't explain why we age (and thus die) by pointing out that we age (and thus are less able to reproduce).
- adrianbg 14y agoRight. The relevant metric is how long you remain fertile, not how long you live.