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Are there any data to support this?



Not yet. My ex is a geneticist who studies the evolutionary basis of aging and this is one of the hypotheses for human longevity being what it is, but there isn't hard proof so far.


>studies the evolutionary basis of aging

This sounds like it would be fascinating in general.




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