"Disposable Soma" theory of aging: in species subject to high levels of predation or death due to other random events, it may be more adaptive to pump energy in

"Disposable Soma" theory of aging: in species subject to high levels of predation or death due to other random events, it may be more adaptive to pump energy into reproducing rather than fighting cancer and otherwise maintaining the body. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=V5Ff8eAwOSYC&oi=fnd&pg=PA9&dq=%22Kirkwood%22+%22The+disposable+soma+theory+of+aging%22+&ots=ZX3y265vGP&sig=Rha1M9sHvO-JB9aZuCfyWEa8bWc http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=V5Ff8eAwO...