A child sits up at a certain age;becomes fit for reproduction at a certain age;but death which is also a natural event does not occur at a definite age.I am not referring to violent death.
2006-06-09 04:56:50 · 22 answers · asked by Padmini Gopalan 4 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Actually nothing is at a certain age. That is why some girls get their period at 12 and others at 13. Nothing is set by a time table.
2006-06-09 04:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by ffantasy1984 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Someone has misled you if you believe that humans all sit up or become fit for reproduction at a particular age. The range at which these things happen for any particular individual can vary very widely. There is a "normal distribution" about a specific modal age. This is in fact true of natural death, too. If it wasn't, there would be no profit in life insurance!
2006-06-09 12:01:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing comes at a fixed age. The thing you described in your question do come in a ranged area of time but it is by no means fixed. You can't say that a child will sit up at exactly 6 months or whatever, some children with developmental problems may not sit up at all. And look at girls getting their first period, I have heard it starting as early as 10 or 11 years or as late as 15. This is not "fixed" at all. People are to different biologically for anything to happen at the same time with all people.
2006-06-09 12:02:55 · answer #3 · answered by darth_hatidious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Women menstruate from 8 years old to 18. Menopause is even more varied. Men get a bar mitzvah at 13 and never grow up. God doesnt have a definite time limit on life because he keeps hoping for the best.
2006-06-09 12:04:17 · answer #4 · answered by yourdoneandover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's too many factors that go into death. Death is a phenomenon that comes from the total failure of the organism's system.
I suppose you could say systemic damage is what you're really looking for, a certain threshhold after which life becomes impossible.
2006-06-09 12:00:07 · answer #5 · answered by Veritatum17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of these things happen at fixed ages, it varies from person to person.
The human anatomy is not designed based on the Earth's orbit of the sun (which is how we keep track of years). If things happened at an exact time for EVERYONE, then we'd be basically like machines.
2006-06-09 12:01:44 · answer #6 · answered by Steven B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The examples you site vary relative to the duration of life at the age they occur.
Death varies as well, relative to the duration of your entire life, it's not so far off as the others on average.
2006-06-09 12:01:31 · answer #7 · answered by Albert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of things that can affect a persons growth, maturity and death... Pollution, environment, diet, healthcare.
I think the major thing that affects peoples lives whether long or short, healthy or not, is genetics.
2006-06-09 13:22:11 · answer #8 · answered by Mache 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is different and dies for different reasons. Development is an average progression, but death is not development. People don't just die of old age. There is a cause.
2006-06-09 11:59:44 · answer #9 · answered by Enchanted Fairy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 2 examples you gave the age given is an average. It can span a much longer period of time. Your question, therefore, is unanswerable based on your premise.
2006-06-09 11:59:27 · answer #10 · answered by smgray99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋