[rowanG077]

aging doesn't seem fundamental to life to me. There is known complex life that doesn't age. I expect age is a huge driver of evolution in many cases so it makes sense that most life has it.

[fc417fc802]

You have that backwards. In many cases aging hasn't noticably impeded evolution so it hasn't been selected against.

[rowanG077]

You misunderstood what I said. I'm saying not aging does clearly impede evolution. This is not some exotic idea, it's be brought forth before: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1558-5646....