IIRC, he theorized that women aged more rapidly than men because they remained primarily indoors in very warm dwellings.

Maybe they didn't get enough sunlight?

Kathy
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From: Adrienne Smith <[log in to unmask]> 
> 
...Stephansson hypothesized that the Eskimo women had a 
> prematurely aged appearance and I think that is partly subjective (no make-up), 
> partly 
> because of the harsh climate and largely because of the regular ingestion of 
> spoiled fish. They also ate plenty of caribou and boiled fish -- but 
> Stephansson rights about the spoiled fish delicacy. One last thing -- Ross 
> Horne 
> advocated an all-fruit diet. So I take anything he has to say with a grain of 
> salt...on my hunk of fatty meat of course. 
> 
> 
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