Some popular books suggest that hunter-gatherers were healthy. This historical study finds that 49% of children in the studied hunter-gatherer societies died during childhood: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513812001237 … Is there competing evidence that suggests that the popular books are right?
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Nice job engaging with ideas that don't conform to your preconceived notions.
Ironically, the preconceived notion here is your assumption that I don't know anything about the topic. In fact the history of work and technology is a minor obsession of mine and I've read quite a lot about hunter-gatherers.
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If you'd like to learn more about the topic yourself, I especially recommend Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's books. Specifically I recommend you learn more about what happens when a hunter-gatherer woman still nursing a child gives birth to another one.
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Thanks for the recommendation.
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