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Talk:Essay: Regenerative ability of early humans (view source)
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:::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)
:::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)
* Given that the Bible is not precise about ages (we're not sure if ''in his thirtieth year'' means ''when he was 30 years old'' or ''when he was going to celebrate his 30th birthday''), it's reasonable to suppose that Metuselah's death happened in the year of the Deluge, like Noah's father Lamech. But the convergence of death-ages around 900 years suggests that 900 was a natural life limit - the only two exceptions were Enoch (who didn't die naturally) and Lamech (who probably died in the Deluge). BTW, in biology, creatures that don't die naturally tend to grow until they can no longer function adequately - mass grows by the cube of the size, efficiency grows by its square - and tend to die of starvation (sorry, no sources). [[User:Sunda62|Sunda62]] 13:52, 7 April 2010 (EDT)