[extropy-chat] mutated lamin A likely key driver of human aging

[ben]

Jeff Davis <jrd1415 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> I've sometimes pondered the mystery of the Methusaleh
> story.  How to explain?  Pure biblical hoo hah?  Myth?
>  Accounting irregularities?  Or could it be an
> accurate account of an anomalous (no doubt
> genetically-mediated) incidence of superlongevity?  
> 
> It's a puzzlement.

Hm.
How likely is it that a mutation, or set of mutations, would produce a 
very-long-lived human?
I'd think we'd know about it if it happened. Unless the individuals were 
very crafty. I suppose they'd have reason to be.

Highlander, anyone?

I'm inclined to doubt it.

ben