Why Do We Age?

Is there an evolutionary reason for why we age?




Links and References:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1... (Evolutionary theories of aging and longevity)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1... (The evolutionary theories of aging revisited--a mini-review)
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsh... (The top 10 causes of death)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... (Role of telomeres and telomerase in cancer)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... (Entropy Explains Aging, Genetic Determinism Explains Longevity, and Undefined Terminology Explains Misunderstanding Both)
https://academic.oup.com/ilarjournal/... (Birds as Models of Aging in Biomedical Research)



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