[ExI] Paleo lifespan (and eggs/avidin)

[Keith Henson]

An Azar Gat paper "The Human Motivational Complex: Evolutionary Theory
And The Causes Of Hunter-Gatherer Fighting." goes into considerable
detail about the Australian aborigines who were pure hunter gatherers.

The number who died in wars or related violence was rather high, much
higher than the number who die in modern times from wars and related
violence.

Keith

2011/4/4 Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com>:
> 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
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