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Is longevity science overhyped? | Professor Charles Brenner, PhD
The Proof with Simon Hill
The Importance of Mothering and Grandmothering in Human Evolution
Each of the genes that we have over time are selected based on them helping us reproducing survive. And there's not a direct selection for animals to be able to live longer than they can reproduce. Female human females reach reproductive capacity in the second decade, and then the average onset of menopause is at the age of 51. Yet women outlive men, right? Women live, let's say, four decades beyond menopause.
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