Title. Why do our bodies stop growing at one point and begin to decline in function? If the purpose of life is to live and reproduce, wouldn’t it make more sense to continually evolve and live forever? Also don’t our cells constantly regenerate? So if they do then why do they start to die out?
In: Biology
AFAIK it is genetic. It is coded into our cells that they copy a certain way and that way is not 100% efficient and making a copy of a copy of a copy etc eventually wears down and makes mistakes. The reason I say genetic is because cancer cells do not have this flaw. Whatever tweak makes cancer cells be what they are also foxes that part where it makes imperfect copies.
Latest Answers