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After successful reproduction, living bodies have to exist in an active state for a certain, usually quite long period of time. This is necessary to be reasonably sure that reproduction will be successful. However, according to the laws of thermodynamics, all highly organized biological systems inevitably collapse over time.
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Zhegunov, G., Pogozhykh, D. (2023). Life Expectancy, Aging, and Death of Living Bodies. In: Life. Death. Immortality.. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27552-4_11
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