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That is part of it, but there would also be things like high mortality during childbirth, and lack of antibiotics there at that time.
by cma 3y ago
That 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.