mtc_3 t1_jac8ufy wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:52 AM Reply to comment by Charisma_Modifier in After about the first 17% of our lives, humans reach peak natural physical performance/potential (about age 17-18) and then the rest of our lives we degrade. But a deer for example can live to about 17.5 years and after 1st 25% (age 4-5) of their life they are beasts of max strength. by Charisma_Modifier My (non-expert) guess is that we were not supposed to live this long? Only two centuries ago living to the age of 70 wasn't really a common accomplishment. Permalink Parent 3
mtc_3 t1_jac8ufy wrote
Reply to comment by Charisma_Modifier in After about the first 17% of our lives, humans reach peak natural physical performance/potential (about age 17-18) and then the rest of our lives we degrade. But a deer for example can live to about 17.5 years and after 1st 25% (age 4-5) of their life they are beasts of max strength. by Charisma_Modifier
My (non-expert) guess is that we were not supposed to live this long? Only two centuries ago living to the age of 70 wasn't really a common accomplishment.