>   Die at 22 like they all did.
>
>Mike
>
>This is common thinking but pretty suspect.  I was reading a book the other
>day about a bunch of early "natural" food people from the turn of the
>19th/20th century.  I also read that average life expectancy then was about
>30.  The book listed the birth and death date for everyone who was
>mentioned.  Most of them were living from 60-80 years with a few to their
>90's.  So much for average life expectancy.  Were these people particularly
>special - no.  If you read roman, or Islamic history that mentions ages it
>is not unusual for people to be in their 80's and beyond.
>
>sean

But what percentage of the population reached 60-80 years old and
what percentage died from an infective agent.

Another Mike (Mike from Ohio)
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