Age Wise

The Evolutionary Evidence for Getting Off Your Butt

Unlike apes, we evolved to need physical activity into old age

Robert Roy Britt
Published in
5 min readNov 23, 2021

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Image: Pixabay/Thomas Skirde

Some food for thought as you laze about during the holidays: As you get older, you might naturally think you should take it easy, be less physically active to protect your precious body. Exactly the opposite is true, according to a…

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Robert Roy Britt
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Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB