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To: aynrandfreak
You know that there have always been people who lived 70 years and longer, right?

Two big problems in antiquity: women lived much shorter lives than men because of death in childbirth, and they had many more children, increasing their chances of dying. Second, infectious disease. Men who had good hygiene and nutrition could live long lives, even thousands of years ago.

47 posted on 09/09/2014 10:27:14 PM PDT by FredZarguna (His first name is 'Unarmed,' and his given middle name is 'Teenager.')
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To: FredZarguna
Men who had good hygiene and nutrition could live long lives, even thousands of years ago.

Antigonus, one of Alexander the Great's generals, was killed in 301BC during the Battle of Ipsus. He was 81 years old. Perhaps not as fit and hale as in his youth but at least he went down swinging!

62 posted on 09/09/2014 11:17:14 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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