Graduation Year
2022
Date of Submission
4-2022
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Science and Management
Reader 1
Findley Finseth
Reader 2
Anna Wenzel
Abstract
While scientists have searched for explanations of senescence on an organismal, species specific, and individual level, no theory encapsulates the disparities in why and how these three distinct groups age. Scientists do not understand why organisms almost necessarily age, why species age at different rates and with different phenotypes, and why individuals of the same species age at different rates despite almost identical genetic and environmental elements. In this paper, I review the three main theories of aging - the evolutionary theory of aging, the programmed theories of aging, and the damage based theories of aging - in light of modern evidence.
Recommended Citation
Zucker, Eliezer M., "A Review of Scientific Evidence For and Against Various Theories of Aging" (2022). CMC Senior Theses. 2928.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2928
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
