Perhaps it is not a stage of decline but a crowning achievement of human evolution? (via The Washington Post.)
Related:
- Middle Age Is the Secret Weapon of Mankind (patospapa.wordpress.com)
- 10 biggest puzzles of human evolution (newscientist.com)
- Middle-aged prodigies: Seven poster children over 40 (newscientist.com)
- Good news if you’re middle-aged! You’re at evolution’s peak, according to scientists (dailymail.co.uk)
- Paul Vallely: That’s me – at the pinnacle of evolution (independent.co.uk)
- Why the middle-aged are most impressive life-forms of all time (thesun.co.uk)
- The Advantages of the Middle-Aged Brain (ideas.time.com)
- I’m loving being middle aged (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
- The Middle-Aged Man (lewrockwell.com)


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