Your assertions about that formula don’t follow; while it is monotonic it converges to a finite value. E.g.for ‘small number’=0.1, ‘calendar age’= 30 at reproduction this converges to a base age at birth of 3.333 repeating and base age of 33.333 repeating. Inverse exponential beats linear (and polynomial) functions.
More directly on topic, germ line damage control doesn’t need to be all that good to keep aging related damage from building up. Anything under unity converges with that model and anything under about half converges to something reasonable.
Your assertions about that formula don’t follow; while it is monotonic it converges to a finite value. E.g.for ‘small number’=0.1, ‘calendar age’= 30 at reproduction this converges to a base age at birth of 3.333 repeating and base age of 33.333 repeating. Inverse exponential beats linear (and polynomial) functions.
More directly on topic, germ line damage control doesn’t need to be all that good to keep aging related damage from building up. Anything under unity converges with that model and anything under about half converges to something reasonable.