The science of ageing, with Dr Andrew Steele
Instant Genius
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The Evolution of Aging
Some species that live for a very short period of time, they often do it for very strange reasons. Andi think what's really important is to look at the evolutionary context in which these arose. Animals that are bigger tend to live for longer because they're less er predated upon. This isn't something we'regoingto have to be cleverer than evolution in order to solve. We shall need to fix some mistakes that evolution has made as introduced.
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