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mk  ·  4413 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do Trees Die From Old Age?

That was interesting.

I suppose that humans are similar. We don't die from years, but from infection, or some sort of breakdown, whether it's cancer or cardiovascular disease. It makes you wonder how long people could live if we could subtract out strokes, cancer, and heart-attacks.