Among hunter-gatherers, the average lifespan is ~70 years http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00171.x … @NeilShubin
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@Oliver_S_Curry yes, but almost certainly not in the Pleistocene and before: e.g http://www.pnas.org/content/108/4/1267.abstract … -
Aha, thanks…But what average do those distributions imply? And presumably they were dying from trauma and disease, not diet etc?
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@Oliver_S_Curry last reply: uninformative to debate w/ 140 quips. Paleodemography of small pops highly suspect. Also http://www.amazon.com/Paleofantasy-Evolution-Really-Tells-about-ebook/dp/B007Q6XM1A …
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@NeilShubin Trampled by megafauna?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
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@NeilShubin @geo_teira eaten by a Sabertooth!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
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