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To: Eaker
Average human height is the same as it was 200 years ago. No it is not!! Human life expectancy hasn't changed in the last 200 years either. More Bravo Sierra!!! I will not do your homework for you!!! Research the crap you posted above and then support it. I'll give you a small hint...the average soldier in the War of Northern Aggression was 5'-8" and 145 pounds. Go to out into the real world and see if this is still the norm. Stay safe; stay armed.

I see you understood my point. Things change. The only thing that remains the same, is change.

183 posted on 10/12/2002 9:15:20 AM PDT by Lower55
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I'll make the final point to end all points. I'll only say this once, so pay attention. Do not make any further comments on this subject. This is the only thing you need to know.

God made the universe so life could evolve.

186 posted on 10/12/2002 9:22:35 AM PDT by Lower55
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To: Lower55
. I'll give you a small hint...the average soldier in the War of Northern Aggression was 5'-8" and 145 pounds.

Yes, but those figures are down from the averages of the Revolutionary War and basically reflect harsh conditions during the westward expansion that preceded the Civil War. Remember the name of Roy Rogers's backup singers? "The Sons of the Pioneers." The real sons of the pioneers grew up scrawny on hardscrabble pioneer farms and then had to fight the Civil War.

There was a high reject rate and a high mortality rate from exposure, TB, and pneumonia during hard-weather campaigns like Fredericksburg in late 1862. Poorly-supplied Southern soldiers in addition faced the menace of scurvy at times.

189 posted on 10/12/2002 9:45:50 AM PDT by VadeRetro
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To: Lower55
Human life expectancy hasn't changed in the last 200 years either. More Bravo Sierra!!!

Here you have point, and you don't. Average life expectancy has risen dramatically in developed countries. That reflects good eating and good health care.

Maximum life expectancy has only slightly budged as modern technology attacks late-life killer diseases such as stroke, heart disease, and cancer. There have always been a very few people who lived to be close to 100, even in pre-tech societies in hard conditions. In the NY State/Great Lakes region of the late 1600s, Daniel Garacontie in his 90s was an important chief of--I think--the Iroquois. The average life expectancy for that time and place would have been laughably low compared to what it is for the modern residents.

192 posted on 10/12/2002 9:54:10 AM PDT by VadeRetro
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