> our ancestors did not have a long life expectancy Historical life expectancy was skewed because of high childhood mortality. If you look at modern hunter-ga

> our ancestors did not have a long life expectancy Historical life expectancy was skewed because of high childhood mortality. If you look at modern hunter-gatherers, life expectancy is still in the 30s, but life expectancy at age 15 is 54. This is still short by modern standards but everyone isn't/wasn't dying in their 30s. edit: Forgot link to paper: http://www.unm.edu/~hkaplan/KaplanHillLancasterHurtado_2000_LHEvolution.pdf http://www.unm.edu/~hkaplan/KaplanHillLancasterHurtado_2000_...