Man from Bolivia may be the oldest living person ever known.

[Anoat]

I can't boliva you would joke about such a thing.

[kuronosan]

It's scientific papers...
http://www.nature.com/news/fathers-b...ey-age-1.11247

Read your fucking citations please.

Most such mutations are harmless, but Stefánsson’s team identified some that studies have linked to conditions such as autism and schizophrenia. The study does not prove that older fathers are more likely than younger ones to pass on disease-associated or other deleterious genes, but that is the strong implication, Stefánsson and other geneticists say.

[Kev1n]

having kids at 70 has serious risk associated with it, despite mazmaz being mazmaz his comment has merit.

My friend's mother born her at 60 and she's doing it fine

[BaneTheBrawler]

my mother born me at 40 and i'm fin- WAITAMINUTE

[Mazmaz]

Read your fucking citations please.

What's your fucking point? Nothing is ever "proven" in the way you're describing in science, just more and more evidence is mounted towards theories. Everything is a theory. This one just recently started gaining new evidence towards it.

[kuronosan]

What's your fucking point? Nothing is ever "proven" in the way you're describing in science, just more and more evidence is mounted towards theories. Everything is a theory. This one just recently started gaining new evidence towards it.

Don't ever quote anything scientific ever again. Ever. And when I say ever, I mean ever.

I'm aware there are many articles that say "older" fathers contribute greatly to genetic defects but there really isn't much more on the subject that absolutely proves it

It's scientific papers...

The study does not prove that older fathers are more likely than younger ones to pass on disease-associated or other deleterious genes

And two times for clarification:

I'm aware there are many articles that say "older" fathers contribute greatly to genetic defects but there really isn't much more on the subject that absolutely proves it

The study does not prove

So please, learn to read before you open your mouth. If you're going to try and talk biology with anyone (myself included) and you're going to make a citation, the least you can do is read your reference so that your point doesn't prove mine.

What's your fucking point? Nothing is ever "proven" in the way you're describing in science, just more and more evidence is mounted towards theories. Everything is a theory. This one just recently started gaining new evidence towards it.

My point just made itself. Thank you for proving how incapable you are of rational discussion. Carry on.

[Artifact]

That's awesome. But is it worth living that long if you can only faintly remember such things as war? I mean it might be good he forgot for his mind and soul... but to barely remember something so intense seems crazy. Hope he lives a lot longer!

[BaneTheBrawler]

well it sounds like he's pretty isolated, his "war" was probably more akin to gathering up his villagers in the holdfast and shooting at the bad guys to scare them off.

[Tokitoki]

They're poor farmers living in the middle of nowhere. Having kids is what you do because you can't afford machinery so you have kids to help you out with shit like digging up potatoes. I also doubt that any of them practice any form of contraception or would even know what that is. Not saying they're stupid, they're just isolated rural people.

I completely agree. I was responding to the person saying they didn't understand why they were having so many kids.

[Rhyis.]

only a matter of time before he fades into bolivion

I can't boliva you would joke about such a thing.