Aging: Nature’s way of reducing competition for resources
Disabling the genetic machinery that leads to old age could lead to much longer life spans
![Organisms with and without a genetic mutation for mortality](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ag_life-span.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
LIVE LONG, DON’T PROSPER In this simulation, a genetic mutation for mortality spreads through a population of immortals, providing evidence that evolution selects for shortened life spans. Organisms with a finite life span (blue) win out over immortals (red) as they compete for resources (yellow).
J. Werfel, D.E. Ingber and Y. Bar-Yam/Physical Review Letters 2015