[MR] About that "They die Young" myth

[ruadh]

A part of childhood then was the 'resources' to survive were greater as you survived longer. Infant-cide and the very sickly going into mid-winter would likely receive less of the now more valued 'resources'.  This was a short segment of a Discovery Channel special.  
The research might look at the seasons of death, sorted by age & sex.    Ru

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Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] About that "They die Young" myth




  I read an interesting list of ages at death of some well-known medieval 
  persons, and thought you'd be interested. We all know that the life 
  expectancy was considerably lower than in modern times, but I, for one, need 
  a reminder that it didn't mean it was lead to the perception of as "being 
  old" at 45 (except in the minds of teenagers and children, of course! ) 


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