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Published online 2 October 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news001005-3
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Why do we grow old and die rather than stay young and gorgeous forever, asks Henry Gee?
Why do we grow old and die? Why can't we stay young and gorgeous forever? These are questions that interest everybody, as attested by the plump profits of beauty-products companies.
Evolution has several explanations for our mortality.
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