Commentary on Sex Differences in Pace of Aging and Life Span Across Species

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/11/commentary-on-sex-differences-in-pace-of-aging-and-life-span-across-species/

There is no shortage of theories when it comes to why women tend to live longer than men. There is little consensus on the mechanisms at a detail level, however. Looking out across species other than our own doesn’t help all that much, as even when only considering mammals one sees a variety of outcomes. There are enough species in which females live longer than males to be uncomfortable with hypotheses involving culture and lifestyle choices in humans, and enough species in which females do not live longer than males to undermine and complicate most of the potential biochemical and evolutionary explanations.

It has become increasingly evident that males and females across species show differences in…

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