Post #64732
2025-12-15 03:18 UTC
Almost every other animal dies pretty quickly after having their last round of children / losing fertility, but humans live almost twice as long. Elders have a literal hardcoded purpose in human evolution.
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@HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 2025-12-15 05:21
Because human offspring are so damn needy and take so long to raise. Other large animals like elephants are the same.