It's an old myth... like here's an article in American Anthropologist from 1934 talking about it: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/a

It's an old myth... like here's an article in American Anthropologist from 1934 talking about it: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/aa.1934.36.2.02a00090 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525... There's a lot of data showing it isn't true, but it’s one of those “facts” that feels true because there’s a lot of stressors and unhealthy things about modern life.