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Humans Age Faster at 2 Specific Times in Their Life, Study Finds
Sciencealert ^ | 15 June 2025 | MICHELLE STARR

Posted on 06/15/2025 2:56:06 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Getting older might seem like a slow, gradual process – but that's not always the case, research suggests.

In fact, if you wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and wonder if your aging somehow accelerated, you might not be imagining things.

According to a recent study into the molecular changes associated with aging, humans experience two drastic lurches forward, one at the average age of 44, and the other at the average age of 60.

"We're not just changing gradually over time; there are some really dramatic changes," geneticist Michael Snyder of Stanford University explained in August 2024 when the study was published.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: 2; age; aging; faster; finds; humans; life; longevity; specific; study; their; times
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To: ChicagoConservative27

...After they are born and as they die... Simple...


61 posted on 06/15/2025 8:25:22 PM PDT by tet68 ("We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us." Henry V.)
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To: laplata

My mom was about 93 when she quipped “Oh to be 90 again!” But she was serious - she still walked the neighborhood, but couldn’t do the two miles like she used to. “And I look so stupid using those walking sticks your brother got me and makes me use.”


62 posted on 06/15/2025 8:42:06 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It looked like Moses had a big jump at 40 then again around 80 (Charlton Heston, The Ten Commandments) — or am I misremembering?


63 posted on 06/15/2025 9:13:23 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: 21twelve

Nice story.


64 posted on 06/15/2025 9:42:24 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Humans Age Faster at 2 Specific Times in Their Life, Study Finds

Marriage and Divorce


65 posted on 06/16/2025 1:26:57 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Lurker

Well, I wouldn’t go THAT far. Even after the day they shot out some of the windows in the barn for, ‘target practice!’ Grrrr!


66 posted on 06/16/2025 8:02:43 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

So that’s what happened...


67 posted on 06/16/2025 9:22:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
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To: This_Dude

Geez. That’s a lot. I’m surprised you don’t want that toilet paper roll to go even faster….like how a cat can undo an entire roll in 3 seconds. Seriously, though, you must be pretty resilient but sure sorry for all your losses.


68 posted on 06/16/2025 9:31:20 AM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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