Average Lifespans of Mammals \ stacker news ~charts

603 sats \ 18 comments \ @0xbitcoiner 22 Apr charts

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if you measure lifespan based on number of heartbeats, all mammals basically converge on 1-2 billion heartbeats per lifetime.

https://twitter.com/kerooke/status/1751370840078274743

60 sats \ 1 reply \ @sancristrader 22 Apr

If you regularly do sports, your average heartbeat rate is lower. I wonder if that contributes to the lifespan?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 22 Apr

i think so

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 22 Apr

Super interesting and makes perfect sense. A while ago I read that if you can lower your heart rate you can live longer. This confirms what I read.

226 sats \ 8 replies \ @nym 22 Apr

Nice chart. I wonder what the average human lifespan will be in 2080. Is it still increasing at the same pace from 1950 until present?

6 sats \ 7 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 22 Apr

I don't believe it, but if they discover some revolutionary new medicine, maybe.

Bonus

6 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 23 Apr

Infant mortality is a big problem in Africa.

You can’t have long life expectancy if infant mortality is high

10 sats \ 5 replies \ @nym 22 Apr

Thanks. Most of that change was due to reduced infant mortality wasn't it?

16 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 22 Apr

I don't see the connection between the decrease in infant mortality and the increase in average life expectancy. I think it's mainly due to discoveries in the field of medicine, drugs and technology.

6 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 23 Apr

It’s both

People in the 1800s lived to 80 or 90 years if they survived as an infant.

6 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 23 Apr

Yes

Most of that was due to drop in infant mortality. Life expectancy at birth is not meaningful for longevity, especially in prior centuries.

6 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 23 Apr

Most but not all

John Adams died when he was 90 in 1826

6 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 23 Apr

John Adams last day

July 4, 1826 (aged 90) Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.

16 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 22 Apr

Wow 200 years. I do think humans will eventually get to a 200 year lifespan but I don't know how human we will be when we do.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @quark 22 Apr

actually, maybe quite young looking. With genetic treatment that makes you younger not older. Already achieved on mice. But it will probably be only for millionaires. edit: I should have said, for those who have at least a full bitcoin :)

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 22 Apr

'Oldest human' dies in Indonesia 'aged 146' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39768321

Now imagine being 200 years old

16 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 22 Apr

weasel is only 1 to 2 years? That is kind of sad...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 22 Apr

So the average is only somewhere around 25000 days for humans!!!