Chiroptera
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The explanations that I read is that aging is just that the rejuvenation/repair mechanisms aren't perfectly efficient and so the "wear" builds up, causing aging. If, because of disease (caused by parasites) and predators, most of the individuals in a certain population are dead by 45 years old, there is no evolutionary advantage to develope repair mechanisms that will keep a body in perfect health past 45.
This message is a reply to: | | Message 16 by Rationalist, posted 10-25-2003 12:13 PM | | Rationalist has not replied |
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