HDE 117 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: A Priori Probability, Centenarian, Middle Ages
14 Apr 2017
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Some people age quickly, some age slowly: differential rates of aging. Lecture 1: bob hope: died at age 100; looked younger than johnny cash when he was < 70s, madame jeanne calment (1875-1997) Johnny cash: looked very old and aged; died at age 71. The oldest person to ever live recorded (122 years and 164 days: historic reversal of age structure. Static = size, distribution (space), structure (age, sex, ethnicity: dynamic = change. Importance of understanding longevity: aging world population. Feeding and reproductive adaptation (e. g. frees mother from lactation; can begin ovulating: children are relatively inexpensive to feed, baby-sitting is possible. The present depends on the past; the future depends on the present: this is true for all of us decisions affect everything. Plasticity (i. e. , by 4 years, growth slows, allowing for longer behavioral experience: biological stages of the human life.
