>>5036442
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bowhead whales can live to at least 211 years of age.
The oldest human in recorded history reached 122 years of age.
Jeanne Calment wasn't living in conditions as healthy as Henry the Tuatara's either.
"She lived on her own from age 88 until shortly before her 110th birthday, when she decided to move to a nursing home.[2] Her move was precipitated by the winter of 1985 which froze the water pipes in her house (she never used heating in the winter) and caused frostbite to her hands."
" She married at 21, Her husband introduced her to smoking, offering cigarettes after meals, but she did not smoke outside these post-meal occasions. Calment continued smoking in her elderly years until she was 117"
>>5036445
>Lifespan is a crutch for the perennially unsuccessfu
In my opinion Reptiles and fish live longer simply to increase their reproductive years.
Age in those cases has been directly selected for.
But in mammals more intelligent species and individuals tend to live longer because the genetics required to live longer are also connected to the genetics for brain maintenance and function.
So for mammals longevity has been indirectly selected for.
>>5036445
>Human intelligence declines rapidly after age 50 btw
True but I would also argue that 100 year old Japanese and Caucasian people have a high chance of being more intelligent than a 25 year old Sudanese man.
There is that much of a gap.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/10/david-goodall-australias-oldest-scientist-ends-his-own-life-at-104
"The results were striking: a 15-point IQ advantage translated into a 21% greater chance of survival. For example, a person with an IQ of 115 was 21% more likely to be alive at age 76 than a person with an IQ of 100 (the average for the general population)."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/research-confirms-a-link-between-intelligence-and-life-expectancy/
