Human aging may have been influenced by millions of years of dinosaur domination according to a new theory from a leading aging expert. The 'longevity bottleneck' hypothesis has been proposed by Professor Joao Pedro de Magalhaes from the University of Birmingham in a new study published in BioEssays. The hypothesis connects the role that dinosaurs played over 100 million years with the aging process in mammals.
  • Varyk
    10·
    10 months ago

    I guess so, they were just stepping on us and chomping us up so we had to hurry up and mature to make babies. Side effect of rapid maturation - getting dead too fast

    • Opafi@feddit.de
      7·
      10 months ago

      So we ended up with a survival strategy that benefited the species but hurt the individual? Like… Swamp dragons? Guess we can be lucky we don’t explode.

      • Varyk
        3·
        10 months ago

        Exactly, we are less exciting and dangerous swamp dragons.