Your body wasn’t built to last: Math of human mortality (2009)

Re:Your body wasn’t built to last: Math of human mortality (... by lqdc13 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @05:19AM (#16382971)

It might be that people enjoy living without children for as long as possible in the current western economic/cultural climate.

This age might keep increasing because those who try too late won't reproduce. So it's passive selection for longevity.

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Re:Your body wasn’t built to last: Math of human mortality (... by golergka on Thursday February 15, 2018 @05:24AM (#16382996)

I think it's passive selection for reproducing in your late teens or early twenties out of bad luck. Even a century ago, your wealth level had a tremendous impact on whether or not your prodigy will survive, so there was an evolutionary selection for social success; with modern welfare state, I don't think that there's any selection bias towards the wealthy.

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Re:Your body wasn’t built to last: Math of human mortality (... by philwelch on Thursday February 15, 2018 @04:27PM (#16387789)

Or passive selection for not being part of an infertile and decadent culture.

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