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>you just contradicted yourself. i think this is a pet belief of yours and i don't think you can back it up. if they're dying young how do you know they are healthier than others? what is your metric?
Both the farmers and hunter gatherers were dying young. H/G's and neolithic farmers both didn't have antibiotics to kill off infectious diseases, but their better quality foods (fruits, vegetables, lean meat) allowed them to live healthier lives than agrarian societies (which subsisted mainly on grains). Today, many modern humans eat the staples of the neolithic farmers, but we have antibiotics and other medical advances to keep us alive for longer ages than at any other time in history. But the un-nutritious foods that we eat now cause 'civilization' diseases (heart disease, diabetes, etc) that the H/G never had to deal with. H/G was inefficient from the viewpoint that too much energy was invested in finding food to advance culture and technology. Farming allowed plentiful food to be had which allowed for rapid advancement, although health was the price that was traded off.
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