Why is the human body so fragile, yet so durable at the same time?

Question

(Ex. A man died from slipping on a banana peel while another man survived a fall of an 8 story building)

In: Biology

Answer 1

Both of these events are extremely unlikely, and comparing such statistical anomalies gives you a false impression of both fragility and durability. A lot of things have to go wrong to die from slipping on a banana peel and a lot of things have to go right to survive a fall from the 8th storey.