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Ranjith Kollannur's avatar

Is there any correlation between lifespan and age of maturity?

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Anirban Mahapatra's avatar

There's no strong correlation. BUT I think if we unpack your question it gets into a very exciting field of study. From a biological (evolutionary) view, there's really no benefit to a species living much longer than its reproductive years. However, some animals like humans whales do: whale and human menopause has been the subject of a lot of scientific interest.

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