On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:25:52 -0500, Paleo Phil <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

  While I was disappointed to learn
> recently that the decrease in lifespan with the dawn of the Neolithic was
> rather small

I disagree with the postulated germ theory as a cause of population  
control, and also with the idea that hunting was violent and dangerous.

Maybe more unwarranted assumptions, there - I got tired reading it.

Cannot agree that there was only a small decrease in lifespan with the  
invention of farming.

William