Why Males Die Before Females
Written by Nash Trout on October 18th, 2007 in Exercise.
In humans and many other animals, males age faster and die earlier than females. This research shows why females last longer than their counterparts. The researchers explained that among males in polygynous species, as competition for sex grows more intense, each male on average has less time to breed. As such, there is no strong incentive to evolve longevity among males in such species.
I say that its simply the life of having to live with a woman, makes it a shorter life than that of the woman. Joke!
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