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When Sinclair's team fed resveratrol to yeast cells, fruit flies, and worms, the animals lived 14% to 70% longer, they reported in two studies in the journal Nature.
FORBES: Researchers are unlocking the mysteries of aging.
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"Kites are opportunistic scavengers, to conserve energy they feed mostly on worms and small dead animals, which they can see from a great height", Mr Straughan said.
BBC: Back from the brink, Red Kites return
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Though RNA editing has been observed before, in animals ranging from humans to nematode worms, this is the first time an edit has been tied to a clear evolutionary difference caused by a feature of the environment in this case ambient temperature.
ECONOMIST: A hitherto-unknown way to evolve
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Studies in Australia, Brazil and the United States suggest that animals in half or more of farms in many parts of those countries are infested with drug-resistant worms.
ECONOMIST: Parasitology: The risks of global worming | The