Are elves’ long lives realistic?
he new TV show, is a prequel set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before Frodo takes his long walk to Mordor. And yet, the show features familiar characters like Elrond and Galadriel, elves who were alive during the original trilogy. According to the lore of author J. R. R. Tolkien, this is you’re reading. Surely there must be a biological reason for how elves manage to live so long, while we age, decay and die?
