I understand evolution's explanation for death and aging, but I still have a question:
Evolution is all about natural selection and beneficial mutations and ADAPTING the environment, correct? Well, knowing this, I would think that SOME animal would be able to adapt to its environment to the point where it could survive a little longer than all animals today. Plants seem to have been somewhat successful (assuming evolution is true); some trees live to be close to a thousand years old. The oldest an animal can live, though, is about 150 years (the box turtle), and that is a bit of an anomaly. The vast majority of animals do not live longer than a year, and most mammals do not live past about thirty years. At least that's what I learned. Can somebody explain, please? I'm not attacking the ToE, I'm just curious. Thanks.