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People in the past were not all dead by 30. Ancient documents confirm this. In the 24th century BCE, the Egyptian Vizier Ptahhotep wrote verses about the disintegrations of old age. The ancient Greeks classed old age among the divine curses, and their tombstones attest to survival well past 80 years. Ancient artworks and figurines also depict elderly people: stooped, flabby, wrinkled.
This is not the only type of evidence, however. Studies on extant traditional people who live far away from modern medicines and markets, such as Tanzania's Hadza or Brazil's Xilixana Yanomami, have demonstrated that the most likely age at death is far higher than most people assume: it's about 70 years old. One study found that although there are differences in rates of death in various populations and periods, especially with regards to violence, there is a remarkable similarity between the mortality profiles of various traditional peoples.
High infant mortality and inaccuracy at the other end of the age range skew the numbers.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday July 18 2018, @03:48AM
I avoid double negatives, they're so hard for folks to understand. And even single negative, it's a little hard. When I'm doing a press conference, I'm trying to get my message out. That's so important. And it's a lot of people watching -- my shows always get tremendous ratings. So a lot of pressure.
And I know you're thinking, "oh, what about Obama, very smooth talker!" And he is a smooth talker. He tells you exactly what you want to hear. But it's VERY PHONEY. He ran on Clean Coal, he said he loves Clean Coal. Then he gets into office, he's killing our great coal industry. The Clean Coal and everything else -- the JOBS. So fake!!!
I'm not fake, I'm very real. And I don't know if you've ever taken a trip to Europe, it's a long plane ride. Lots of Time Zones. Lot of jet lag. And to be honest, I didn't get enough sleep. Not easy to sleep with so many beautiful ladies around -- trust me, the Finland ladies are some of the best. So I said something that was sort of the opposite of what I meant. And you come on here to make fun of it in a nasty tweet. That's not great. Not great at all.
But I said something I meant 100%. I said I have GREAT confidence in MY intelligence people. So hopefully everybody gets the message about that one!!!!