[ExI] Paleo lifespan (and eggs/avidin)

[Dan]

I thought violent death would also be a factor. From what little I've read on 
hunter-gatherers, I gathered (sorry, bad pun!) that they were much more prone to 
violence and murder rates were far higher amongst them.

Regards,

Dan

From: J. Stanton <js_exi at gnolls.org>
To: extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
Sent: Sun, April 3, 2011 8:57:05 PM
Subject: [ExI] Paleo lifespan (and eggs/avidin)

[snip]

Originally posted by Kelly Anderson:
> Granted, the Hadza have tobacco, which traditional hunter gatherers
> did not have to deal with, but this hardly sounds like a group that
> lives to an average age of 70.

Again: "The average modal age of *** adult *** death for hunter-gatherers is 72 
with a range of 68-78 years."  Infant and child mortality pull the average down 
dramatically.

Keep in mind that natural selection has continued to operate amongst the Hadza, 
selecting them for survival in their environment -- whereas 'civilized' humans 
haven't been selected for those skills for thousands of years.  (If anything, 
we've been selected for docility in response to arbitrary authority.)

[snip]

JS
http://www.gnolls.org
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