I was reading Santrock's life-span development text which I am using for the first time in the fall and I came to a table of average life expectancy over the historical record. The table gives a figure of 18 years for prehistoric times and 20 years for Ancient Greece, and so on. These ages led me to thinking. We know that in poor countries infant mortality tends to be high. We also know (I think) that, in these same countries, the rate of mothers dying in childbirth tends to be relatively high. I assume that the same would be true during prehistoric times and perhaps for the ancient Greeks as well. My question is, if you survived early infancy, and, as a woman you survived childbirth(s), how long were you likely to live? Have we really increased the life span significantly for those who did not die in infancy or childbirth? If so, by how much, I wonder. I have tried to find the answer to these questions but I have not succeeded. Anyone have some ideas, or data?
Jeff Nagelbush [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ferris State University _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
