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Before industrialization nearly everyone was doomed to serfdom.

• austhrow743 6y ago
  For a brief period of time. For substantially longer we just hung out with our buddies, banged, and picked up food right from the ground when we were hungry.
  • conanbatt 6y ago
    And had 20 children to have 3 survive?
    • GuiA 6y ago
      > we see that on average 57 percent, 64 percent, and 67 percent of children born survive to age 15 years among hunter-gatherers, forager-horticulturalists, and acculturated hunter-gatherers. https://condensedscience.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/life-expectancy-in-hunter-gatherers-and-other-groups/amp/ https://condensedscience.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/life-expec... Still bad, but much better than 3 in 20.