Are you sure about that? Prominent people usually had much better care and typically had a far healthier childhood and adulthood. Guessing life span by an extremely small minority is simply not correct. You include the proles in your lifespan guess and it reduces to around 25 to 30 years.
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> This study seems to draw a lot of conclusions not in evidence. I would >> suggest that a short life span would explain this more than an absence >> of carcinogens. One of the most common cancer is Melanoma, known to >> be caused by exposure to the sun, of which ancient Egyptians would >> have had plenty. >> > > They are drawing conclusions based on lack of evidence - lack of cancer - in > tested samples. As for life span, at least some people in ancient > civilizations like Greece and Egypt lived lives as long as modern people. > Take a look at this, it shows life spans of eminent people in classical > Greece: > > http://www.hormones.gr/preview.php?c_id=211 > > In other words, biologically people were capable of living just as long as > they are today. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
