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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Do we have numbers for the hunter-gatherer time that can even be skewed by infant deaths?

Edit: as it turns out, yes, absolutely. Wikipedia says the lifespan is around 21-37 years but 57% died before 15 and 64% of those that don't would also reach 45.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah, mid twenties to mid thirties tends to be the peak of human health and physcial fitness which would be true no matter what conditions are, so it would make sense that disease, accidents, and other trauma would be far less fatal during those ages.