Could dinosaurs be the reason humans can't live for 200 years?
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This could be in dispute, but there does seem to be evidence to suggest this.
Although how long did hot blooded dinosaurs live for compared to cold blooded ones.
See, once you had social animals that communicate in detail, it became positively selected for limiting the activity of the old. They would then congregate with the others in the village around the fire - the young. And tell them things.
The whole community would benefit. That's all it takes to cement something into genes.
> Compared to other mammals, humans have a long life.
Being a social animal is irrelevant.
Plus, skimming through Wikipedia's list of the longest-lived organisms, I notice a dearth of social animals. Natural selection and evolution work somewhat differently in social animals - and the potential downsides of having a "bad" king / chief / matriarch / alpha leading your group for 200 years may far outweigh the potential upsides of having a "good" one for that long.