A new study shows an animal’s lifespan is written in the DNA. For humans, it’s thirty-eight years

So, our bodies are programmed to last for approximately 38 years in "natural" peak condition before they start breaking down, and us living to even twice that length is a subversion of that? I know that modern medicine makes any of this moot, but that's a real doozy of existentialism to go into the week with.