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Aging

SciShow Tangents

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The Evolution of Age

Senescence comes from the Latin Sena-sentum from the root word Sen, which means old. From that noun came the verb of you just, you exist throughout time. And it comes from the Proto Indo European route, A-I-W - vital force, life or eternity. But then senescent, I wanted to look into that because it's just such a nice word and such a weird word.

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