The programmed senescence model fits with this observation quite well. It argues that aging isn't the result of a breakdown or accumulated damage, but rather a

The programmed senescence model fits with this observation quite well. It argues that aging isn't the result of a breakdown or accumulated damage, but rather a deterministic process based on our genetic programming. Evolution programmed us to make a human, but it didn't program us to stop developing. We're like a cake left in the oven. No one told the concrete suppliers to go home, so they just keep dumping it everywhere on our completed skyscraper. We were built to die. http://www.senescence.info/programmed_aging.html http://www.senescence.info/programmed_aging.html