ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] In 1733, Alexander Pope wrote that man was “Created half to rise, and half to fall”. In other words, “First we ripen, then we rot”! Pope, it seems, was 250 years ahead of his time in anticipating the modern evolutionary theory of ageing. This theory states that organisms in ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/36210
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