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Out of curiosity, what was the average life expectancy of said humans?


That's a good point. You really cut to the heart of the matter—no oversimplification here!—and I applaud you. None of our distant ancestors suffered from poor hygiene. Not was there ever famine, and they never fought among themselves. Life was pretty much perfect back then, if we disregard that fatty and meaty diet.


18 years. Obviously then they did not die of old age. I wonder then, how did the mechanism of dieing of senility evolve?




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