Was the Primary Reason That the Sciences Paid So Little

Multiple Choice

was the primary reason that the sciences paid so little attention to the mechanisms of aging and longevity prior to the 1930s?

A) The government did not fund research before 1950.
B) There were no evolutionary theories supporting the rise of aging in the population.
C) Aging was an unimportant problem for biologists,because humans had relatively short life spans.
D) The science of genetics had not yet been established.