Comments on: The slower you grow, the longer you live

By: rick

rick — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:18:35 +0000

This sounds like a species-specific adaptation to a particular set of environmental conditions. Don’t look for direct human similarities, but potential signals we might have adapted to with our own evolutionary history. Or simply focus on the response mechanisms and forget about the environmental triggers.

By: Jim Mooney

Jim Mooney — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:31:09 +0000

Hah, hobbits rule. They grow slower. All you tall guys with the foot of extra protoplasm that gets you higher executive pay no matter how dumb or inept you are, will die sooner.

By: Mr.X

Mr.X — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:05:43 +0000

Hm.What about midgets!?Aren’t they “grown up” fairly early in their lives?

By: josdorpjossie

josdorpjossie — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:54:31 +0000

Lucky me. In school I was always the smallest of the class, but I kept on growing till in my 20s and reached a normal size. I’ll let you guys know when I reach 100 years.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:17:28 +0000

I believe you’ll find that human’s don’t have the same link between environment and growth schedules for humans in cold climates to live longer.

Though a colder climate does reduce the need for oxygen, increasing your odds of surviving from oxygen-depriving conditions like heart attacks.

By: Oracle3

Oracle3 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:05:23 +0000

I was wondering just that eldras

By: eldras

eldras — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:19:45 +0000

I think we’re still up against highly complex bio stuff, needing supercomputing to simulate and intervene in it.

Why dont people from cold climates live longest?

By: George

George — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:43:27 +0000

This is interesting. I have always wondered why the few guys in my class who started shaving in the 7th grade looked so much older than most of my chronological peers later in life. Those guys were also bigger and stronger than most of us until well into high school. I realize this is anecdotal, but many of the women in my class who were not fully developed by high school graduation, were often very attractive at the 5 and 10 year reunions. Many of the high school beauties had aged at what appeared to be a faster rate than the late bloomers.

By: Bri

Bri — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:28:22 +0000

I’ll have to remember to do this next time.