X-Message-Number: 17500 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:59:14 -0400 From: "Raphael T. Haftka" <> Subject: sex and longevity >The effect of castration on lifespan I have just finished reading Mean Genes, an entertaining book that describes itself as an owner manual to our bodies and brains. One of the claims that it makes is that when castration was used for some criminals in the early 1900s, it lengthened the average lifespan of the criminal by 15 years. Rafi Haftka Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17500