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Re:'Superager' brains resist the march of time to have memor... by masterbit on Sunday July 11, 2021 @05:11AM (#27799449)
As this comes out very late in their life, seems not be able to influence the natural selection process in human evolution.
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Re:'Superager' brains resist the march of time to have memor... by amitport on Sunday July 11, 2021 @05:40AM (#27799566)
So, maybe natural selection works like this:

Smarter elders -> more successful tribe (more food, more territory, better group-fitness!)

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