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On Tue, 8/5/14, Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Hunter/gathere vs. Farmer
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 2:23 PM

 On 6/08/2014 05:56,
 corinnalackmann wrote:

 >
 c) hunter/gatheres have to be lucky to pass the age of
 thirty

 Last time I checked
 this was the life expectancy at birth. So, if you
 made it to young adulthood you could expect to
 live to well past thirty.

 Also, much the same applies to pre-industrial
 farmers, and city dwellers
 were even worse
 off, cities being horribly unhealthy.

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Interestingly, I recall reading an article way back when SPI published S&T mag (late 70's) where it was stated that during the Mexican-American War the army *prefered* recruits from the cities as they were considered healthier than ones from rural areas! It specifically mentioned that malaria was a problem in many areas esp the w/i the Mississippi Basin.

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