‘As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.’ –Publius Syrus
Why human lifespan is rapidly increasing: solving “longevity riddle” with “revealed-slow-aging” hypothesis.
Healthy life span is rapidly increasing and human aging seems to be postponed. … To explain current increase in longevity, I discuss that certain genetic variants such as hyper-active mTOR (mTarget of Rapamycin) may increase survival early in life at the expense of accelerated aging. In other words, robustness and fast aging may be associated and slow-aging individuals died prematurely in the past. Therefore, until recently, mostly fast-aging individuals managed to survive into old age. The progress of civilization (especially 60 years ago) allowed slow-aging individuals to survive until old age, emerging as healthy centenarians now.
