Blood temperature, appearances, and just about everything about mammals’ anatomy completely differ from reptiles and amphibians, but it is the aging process of both animal classes that have been the focus of recent research.
The very difference between how we, mammals, age in comparison to reptiles could be due to the dominance of dinosaurs millions of years ago, a scientist has recently proposed, according to Science Alert.
In a paper published on Tuesday (November 28), microbiologist João Pedro de Magalhães from the University of Birmingham stated that “while mammals, including long-lived species such as humans, show a marked aging process, some species of reptiles and amphibians exhibit very slow and even the absence of aging phenotypes.”
