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This is probably because of child mortality etc. I.e. the conclusion that people there don't usually live past 60 seems like a fallacy.
by virtualritz 3y ago
This is probably because of child mortality etc.
I.e. the conclusion that people there don't usually live past 60 seems like a fallacy.
- cma 3y agoThat is part of it, but there would also be things like high mortality during childbirth, and lack of antibiotics there at that time.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoAt the same time you have no car crashes or other post-industrial dangers.
- dukeofdoom 3y agoBut you also were much more likely to farm and hunt and do manual labor. All much more dangerous than office chair
- AlecSchueler 3y agoIs that true? I thought there was evidence for setrong divisions of labour as soon as agriculture came along. That brings surplus and, with it, social stratification.
- dukeofdoom 3y agoA lot more people used to farm as a percentage of the population. Even in the last century, especially in communist countries where pay was low. Small subsistence farmers were much more common. You might own a small plot, and some pigs, cows an even a horse. Or if really poor work on someone else's land. Just being around animals exposes you to many more dangers, like getting kicked or even infections from cleaning waste.