Did you know that. . . .

2. THE SHORT LIFE OF
OLDER FATHER, THE
LONG LIFE SPAN OF
THEIR OFFSPRING
 According to the study in
the Proceedings of the
National Academy of
Sciences, Fathers who are
preferred to have children
until they’re almost at the age
of 40 may provide their

3. The children will inherit the longer
telomeres, caps at the end of the
chromosomes which then protects them
from the so-called degeneration. The longer
telomeres provide slower aging and may
mean a longer lifespan. However, based
from the research the older a man
reproduces child is likely to produce
disorders like autism. Moreover, older
fathers have a chance to lower intelligence
scores than those born to younger men.

4. A study author and doctoral student at
Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois-
Dan Eisenberg. He said that most of
literature also suggests risks from paternal
age . The longer telomerse may delay
sexual development, and direct the body’s
energy into maintaining itself and staying
healthy, he added. In addition, the late
fatherhood may serve as a signal that
mortality rates are low.

5. The benefit was also seen in
grandchildren of men who became fathers at
later ages. The correlation held regardless of
whether the families were rich or poor, the
study said. A report released in Micron
Associates from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, American men have
their first child at the age of 25.