Was the Primary Reason That the Sciences Paid So Little

question 3

Multiple Choice

was the primary reason that the sciences paid so little attention to the mechanisms of aging and longevity prior to the 1930s?

• A)The government did not fund research before 1950.
• B)There were no evolutionary theories supporting the rise of aging in the population.
• C)Aging was an unimportant problem for biologists,because humans had relatively short life spans.
• D)The science of genetics had not yet been established.

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