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Article #500Re: Dinosaurs killed by DAIDS?
From: Mike Beede
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1987 23:49
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1987 23:49
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in article <3913@ecsvax.UUCP>, dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) says:
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> 70 or more. A glance at the life spans of historical personages shows
> the "normal" life span of an adult to have been very little different
> from what we see today, at least among the upper classes able to live in
> decent dwellings and eat adequate food.
As Marshal McCloud would say, ``there yuh go.'' The people you refer to
were a small minority, as I understand it. I don't think the previous
poster meant that given proper nutrition, people lived substanially shorter
lives, just that on the average adults died earlier (from whatever
environmental causes you care to specify).
--
Mike Beede
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