On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This study seems to draw a lot of conclusions not in evidence. I would > suggest that a short life span would explain this more than an absence > of carcinogens. One of the most common cancer is Melanoma, known to > be caused by exposure to the sun, of which ancient Egyptians would > have had plenty. > They are drawing conclusions based on lack of evidence - lack of cancer - in tested samples. As for life span, at least some people in ancient civilizations like Greece and Egypt lived lives as long as modern people. Take a look at this, it shows life spans of eminent people in classical Greece: http://www.hormones.gr/preview.php?c_id=211 In other words, biologically people were capable of living just as long as they are today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
