Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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Conina said:

haxxiy said:

I don't think most people realize how physiologically messed up we are compared to our ancestors (not folks from the Middle Ages, I mean, but true Homo sapiens hunter gatherers). It's like comparing wolves to pugs.

Wolves with a life expectancy ~35 years (men) and ~30 years (women).

In most centuries except 20th and 21th century I'd probably already dead.

When they work out life expectancy they include deaths of children under 5, in History this group suffered very high mortality rates compared to modern populations, when comparing Adult to Adult life expectancy there is a far closer correlation for life expectancy between historical and modern populations, if you made it to your 20's as a hunter gather it probably meant you had a good chance to be active until your 70's and 80's