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Altern und Lebenslauf – ein evolutionsbiologischer Aufriss1

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Warum eigentlich gibt es das Phänomen des Alterns? Man könnte geneigt sein, diese Frage als trivial abzutun, denn schließlich scheint eine ganz und gar unkomplizierte Antwort auf der Hand zu liegen: Alles ist vergänglich, und irgendwann sind die Lebewesen, einschließlich Mensch verbraucht und ausgezehrt. Unter dem unbestechlichen Einfluss der Zeit entkommt nichts Irdisches seinem Verfall. David Hume verglich den menschlichen Lebenslauf mit der Geschichte eines Hauses, das früher oder später, in jedem Fall aber naturnotwendigerweise in sich zusammenbrechen müsse.

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Voland, E. (2009). Altern und Lebenslauf – ein evolutionsbiologischer Aufriss1 . In: Künemund, H., Szydlik, M. (eds) Generationen. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91499-2_2

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