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Aye, "The average modal age of adult death for hunter-gatherers is 72 with a range of 68–78 years" [1] [1] http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/gurven/papers/Gurve
by svedlin 13y ago
Aye, "The average modal age of adult death for hunter-gatherers is 72 with a range of 68–78 years" [1]
[1] http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/gurven/papers/GurvenKaplan2007pdr.pdf http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/gurven/papers/GurvenKaplan2...
- maxerickson 13y agoMy reading of that article says that 1 of 3 ten year olds will not reach 45 years. Then they start dying even faster. That is not similar to modern survivorship. Looking at the plot associated with your quote emphasizes the difference.