Can humans live up to 10 times longer?

There has been evidence that aging may not be an inherent trait of all organisms, but a product of the evolution of species in the natural environment. It is this evolution that can 'program' life and death for all living things, including humans.

Is there a way to help people live 10 times longer?

In nature, there are many species that will die immediately after laying eggs like the female octopus or cannot be aging like crocodiles. So what do they have in common? This is evidence that aging may not be an inherent feature of all living things, but a product of the evolution of species in the natural environment. It is this evolution that can 'program ' life and death for all living things, including humans.

This controversial opinion was put forward by a group of three scientists including Yaneer Bar-Yam, head of the NECSI Research Institute; Donald E. Ingber, founding director of Harvard Wyss Research Institute for Biological Structures and Justin Werfel, freelance researcher. The new work of the newly published research group, which highlights an argument that: Current notions of basic biological evolution are completely wrong.

Biologically, alligators are considered immortal species.

Yaneer Bar-Yam made the remark, ' According to traditional theory, evolution will always be towards the longest life cycle for each individual. Biologically speaking, what people are experiencing is the longest life cycle through natural evolution. According to that old theory, we can only shorten the lifespan of people and cannot last. '

But what if the life cycle of an organism - including humans - does not necessarily depend on wisdom to survive, but depends on evolution? (Based on the amount of resources available to a certain population and fertility of members in the community). What will happen if ' death is not all' , but a measure to ensure that the generation of creatures will not . erode all resources on the planet, to maintain ecological balance?

If the evolutionary cycle determines the lifespan of people, Bar-Yam said, we can completely change that by interfering with the biological mechanism that controls the life cycle. Suppose, an octopus will die immediately after giving birth. But if you remove the glands in your body, the octopus will continue to live. At this point, death is just a 'mode ' activated by a system in the body, in stark contrast to the notion of inherent.

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He continued: ' According to many studies, crocodiles are concluded to be immortal or non-aging. In many animals, each individual possesses a different life cycle. Typical examples are military fish: some fish have a lifespan of hundreds of years, while many others only live for a few years despite a significant genetic similarity . "According to Bar- Yam, all of this is evidence that aging is not an inherent mechanism, but an inseparable link in the evolutionary chain.

So what makes researchers think so? Why did the models used to describe evolution evolve into completely different conclusions?

Harvard University has collaborated with the NECSI Research Institute to provide a more accurate new model of how species of organisms interact with natural resources to survive. The results are quite interesting. In the report, they stated that the disagreement between limited resources and spontaneous population structure will be a decisive factor to the limit of human life. In other words, with the fact that limited resources and the fierce survival struggle between people are increasing, the consequence of human life will be shorter and shorter.

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Bar-Yam made the point, ' If the impact of an organism makes the environment worse, there is a high possibility that the creature will not suffer directly, but the next generation of that species. . This has an amazing relevance to the way people organize society today. In particular, people will "exploit" nature as much as possible, and it will greatly impact the evolutionary life cycle of humanity. If we all have the same living environment, living longer will make people reproduce more. But the growing number of people is increasing while the depleted resources will push humanity to the risk of not being able to sustain life. '

From here everything becomes more interesting. Bar-Yam believes that his new hypothesis suggests that humans can live much longer than they do today. He said that the aging process is not inherent but is inherited. The prospect of ' immortality ' of human life is in fact not impossible. However, humanity needs to clarify many questions around this issue, that why do we know it now? Why does science always assume that people's lifespans are always limited? The answer is because this is based on a concept that has existed for so long while actually completely invalid. If this old concept is the main reason why science has always denied the prospect of an ' immortal' life , it is best that we turn around and welcome new and possible alternatives. more exam.

In the future, "living a hundred years old" may not be too difficult and rare.

Bar-Yam made a few assumptions, and concluded that his discovery would not only help people live longer, but also make human life lasting 5 to 10 times longer. He said: 'There is no reason why we must accept that human life is limited. We have had scientific evidence of mutations that prolong life by 5 or 10 times in nematodes. In addition, many animals do not occur with the apparent aging process, promising a new perspective in reproducing the 'immortal' process for humans themselves. '

He said that although the aging process is inherited, this does not mean that science cannot intervene with external factors such as vitamins, drugs or pharmaceuticals in general. Last year, a study published in Science showed that when GDF11 protein 'growth factor' was transmitted to old mice, it would work to prevent aging. This makes old age ' labeled' a new kind of disease. There is also a lot of research on telomeres (a piece of DNA at the end of the chromosome) that is thought to be involved in chromosomal depletion. A recent study by Stanford University showed that telomere's two-tip extension has "reversed the direction" of aging in human living cells.

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There is a big question that always exists, that if evolution is impossible, it means that our life cycle will be shorter? If everyone is immortal, is that the way to bring humanity closer to the risk of ' super' booming population and consumption right at this cramped planet? However, Bar-Yam doesn't have the same thoughts. He acknowledged that today, the way we allocate resources is seriously inequitable. However, he stressed that we are fully capable of producing enough food to 'comfortably' feed the entire population if people do not participate in ' self-killing' activities such as burning food. as biofuel today.

Bar-Yam commented, 'If you intend to extend your life, we will have to be responsible for preserving the resources available. If science finds out how to make people live for hundreds of years, we will be forced to solve many small problems to address Earth's resource shortages. '