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> Possibly as the taller people are the ones with fewer generations of
> ancestors eating Neolithic foods. As we know, humans shrank in height after
> Neolithic foods were introduced. But why do larger dogs die younger?
The simplest answer is that humans are not dogs, especially in not
being purpose-bred for function and fancy by their masters. Also
their biochemistry is rather different, and no doubt have their own
set of genetically-linked problems under a Neolithic diet.