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Right.

Yet, it could be that the gene pools have evolved bringing forth modern day illnesses or weaknesses that were not prevelant in earlier times. Or, it could be that the lifestyle of those times solved some of the problems we have today in a different lifestyle.

Like colesterol. Our lifestyle allows cholesterol to progress to a serious problem but the farmers led a life of hard labor that allowed the grease filled diet to be controlled due to the exercise.

I feel sure diseases and genetic weaknesses evolve same as the species evolve.

Like colesterol. Our lifestyle allows cholesterol to progress to a serious problem but the farmers led a life of hard labor that allowed the grease filled diet to be controlled due to the exercise.

I think the latest research shows that eating a low fat diet actually increases cholesterol, especially the bad kind. Google up "What if it's all been a big fat lie?" for more details.

...it could be that the lifestyle of those times solved some of the problems we have today in a different lifestyle.

Bingo. We've made it too easy in modern society to meet basic needs. I look at all the obscenely obese people in the USA and wonder how they could NOT be depressed. Millions of years of evolution brought us to a point not all that long ago where life was dominated by work that was required to survive, and only the fit survived. When I was younger and always training for the next marathon, I often got a deja-vu type experience on long runs, a little voice that would say this is what God or nature really intended for you to be doing---running, walking, hunting, gathering, struggling to make it to the next watering hole. Didn't need prozac in those days as the brain was swimming in a bath of good chemicals.

On a related note, I like the opening salvo of Scott Peck's The Road Less Traveled that I paraphrase: Life is difficult. The more we accept that, the easier it's going to be.

Yet, it could be that the gene pools have evolved bringing forth modern day illnesses or weaknesses that were not prevelant in earlier times.
You do know that depression and suicide were problems for settlers who crossed the Great Plains in the 1800s? You do know that a number of women who settled in the plains back then committed suicide over the long winters? Depression isn't new. Record-keeping and data bases are what's new.