shoePatty t1_iy3zftm wrote on November 28, 2022 at 4:08 PM Reply to comment by mrchris69 in How the Great Depression shaped people’s DNA. Researchers have found that the cells of people who were conceived during the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1939 and, at its height, saw about 25% of the US workforce unemployed, show signs of accelerated ageing. by MistWeaver80 I think the idea is that stress or starvation that was happening to your parents/mother during your gestation/conception can do something genetic to you to cause accelerated aging. It's not necessarily about your personal trauma here I believe. Permalink Parent 24
shoePatty t1_iy3zftm wrote
Reply to comment by mrchris69 in How the Great Depression shaped people’s DNA. Researchers have found that the cells of people who were conceived during the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1939 and, at its height, saw about 25% of the US workforce unemployed, show signs of accelerated ageing. by MistWeaver80
I think the idea is that stress or starvation that was happening to your parents/mother during your gestation/conception can do something genetic to you to cause accelerated aging.
It's not necessarily about your personal trauma here I believe.