* This is not, by itself, evidence of evolution at work. In evolutionary terms, having a long life isn’t as important as having a reproductively fruitful one, with many children who survive into adulthood and birth their own offspring. So harmful mutations that exert their effects after reproductive age could be expected to be ‘neutral’ in the eyes of evolution, and not selected against.
This.
We want to live more (and more). But that's not the main point of life, as science (and most religions) say.
We are in our best form when we reproduce and give our best to our children (and family). So they can do the same in the future.
Today's society tries to sell the idea of small families (or no family at all ) and long lives as the best option. But maybe it's not the case.
This.
We want to live more (and more). But that's not the main point of life, as science (and most religions) say.
We are in our best form when we reproduce and give our best to our children (and family). So they can do the same in the future.
Today's society tries to sell the idea of small families (or no family at all ) and long lives as the best option. But maybe it's not the case.