Re: premature aging

From: Sandy Petersen <sandyp_at_idgecko.idsoftware.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 96 00:12:57 -0600

Joerg Baumgartner
>What I mean is that the most common adult death will take place
around age 35 >in an early Iron Age society, be it by war, failed harvests, diseases, or >premature aging.

        Then you are mistaken, Joerg, regardless of what the Hallstatt graves showed. The average lifespan in most Iron Age societies is estimated at around 35 years, but this _includes_ infant mortality, which necessarily means that the typical adult MUST have survived longer.

Sandy P.

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