Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/03/arguing-for-a-rate-of-living-view-of-aging/
The rate of living view of aging is one of the discarded historical hypotheses that occurred along the way to the modern competing ideas about why aging occurs, and why there are differences in longevity between species. Roughly, the rate of living hypothesis says that a faster metabolism means a shorter life, that underlying processes (such as accumulation of molecular damage) depend strongly on metabolic rate. This doesn’t appear to be the case, however; setting aside more detailed considerations, there are enough exceptions to the rule, species with high metabolism and exceptional longevity, to sink the argument. It isn’t just metabolic rate that determines species longevity.
In today’s single author paper, rate of living…
Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/03/arguing-for-a-rate-of-living-view-of-aging/
The rate of living view of aging is one of the discarded historical hypotheses that occurred along the way to the modern competing ideas about why aging occurs, and why there are differences in longevity between species. Roughly, the rate of living hypothesis says that a faster metabolism means a shorter life, that underlying processes (such as accumulation of molecular damage) depend strongly on metabolic rate. This doesn’t appear to be the case, however; setting aside more detailed considerations, there are enough exceptions to the rule, species with high metabolism and exceptional longevity, to sink the argument. It isn’t just metabolic rate that determines species longevity.
In today’s single author paper, rate of living…
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