On 07/05/2020 01:08 PM, wrote:
That is what we are told but when the **** hit the fan, granny was
left behind. The average life span for an Indian was about 35 years
anyway.


https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/s...ians-ills.html

I doubt the NYT would publish the article today.

"The researchers attributed the widespread decline in health in large
part to the rise of agriculture and urban living. People in South and
Central America began domesticating crops more than 5,000 years ago, and
the rise of cities there began more than 2,000 years ago.

These were mixed blessings. Farming tended to limit the diversity of
diets, and the congestion of towns and cities contributed to the rapid
spread of disease. In the widening inequalities of urban societies, hard
work on low-protein diets left most people vulnerable to illness and
early death."


Nothing changes.