Avoid more sex and Live long
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 19-11-2014
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"Reproduction comes at the price of great stress to the mother. She experiences physiological stress, is unable to forage efficiently, and is more vulnerable to her surroundings. This reflects evolutionary logic. We found that reptiles that were sexually mature early on were less likely to make it to old age," explained professor Shai Meiri from TAU's faculty of life sciences. "Live fast and die young, they say - but live slow, live long is what we find," Meiri added.