> (and hell, likely made you a drain on your hunter-gatherer tribe) Apparently there are some arguments that having elders around was a boon for prehistoric tr

> (and hell, likely made you a drain on your hunter-gatherer tribe) Apparently there are some arguments that having elders around was a boon for prehistoric tribes. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/jul/24/prehistoric-man-helped-as-elderly-survived http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/jul/24/prehistoric-m... I don't know how much this is validated, but thought it was interesting nonetheless because it seems counter intuitive at first.