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Additional-Fee1780 t1_islp1oz wrote

In addition to the longitudinal changes already described, there’s also a selection effect. Fertile 60-year-olds are not a random sample of fertile 15-year-olds: they’re likely genetically predisposed to longevity and healthy aging. So you’d expect children of a 60-year-old to outlive those of a 15-year-old, holding all else constant.

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Additional-Fee1780 t1_irp0bf4 wrote

Depressive symptoms (8 of the 9 on the standardized questionnaire: hard to assess suicidal thoughts in animals) can be induced in animals. Would be an astounding coincidence if the same situation that caused those symptoms in humans, didn’t also cause depressed mood.

(Situation is helplessness/ unavoidable punishment.)

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