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Talk:Essay: Regenerative ability of early humans (view source)
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:Loss of a finger or a limb isn't necessarily "likely" after such a long period of time. You could use this as an argument for organ regeneration, however. Liver damage, gastrointestinal damage and heart damage are all very fatal problems in our society today. That would also question how exactly they died if they're organs could regenerate, though. -- [[User:JLauttamus|Jeff W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:JLauttamus|<sub>Discussion</sub>]] 10:33, 7 April 2010 (EDT)
:Loss of a finger or a limb isn't necessarily "likely" after such a long period of time. You could use this as an argument for organ regeneration, however. Liver damage, gastrointestinal damage and heart damage are all very fatal problems in our society today. That would also question how exactly they died if they're organs could regenerate, though. -- [[User:JLauttamus|Jeff W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:JLauttamus|<sub>Discussion</sub>]] 10:33, 7 April 2010 (EDT)
::That's a great point! I will make sure it is included in the essay. For the death of early humans, even if we allow for regenerative abilities superior to that of the Axolotl, I think massive trauma to essential organs would be as lethal as it is today. If we take the example of the Axolotl, we can also see that regeneration is not a miracle cure against decay associated with age. --[[User:TSpencer|TSpencer]] 10:52, 7 April 2010 (EDT)
::That's a great point! I will make sure it is included in the essay. For the death of early humans, even if we allow for regenerative abilities superior to that of the Axolotl, I think massive trauma to essential organs would be as lethal as it is today. If we take the example of the Axolotl, we can also see that regeneration is not a miracle cure against decay associated with age. --[[User:TSpencer|TSpencer]] 10:52, 7 April 2010 (EDT)
:::That would be assuming that all of these men essentially died of blunt-force trauma. In the case of Methuselah, I think the Bible basically states that he "closed his eyes and died" because all things must die (there's a citation in Genesis for that quote ... I'll try and find it). I'm a bit shady on that ... maybe he died in the flood. An interesting take, nonetheless. -- [[User:JLauttamus|Jeff W. Lauttamus]][[User_talk:JLauttamus|<sub>Discussion</sub>]] 10:59, 7 April 2010 (EDT)