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#42: Primal City (Part 1): Why Urbanists Should Study Hunter Gatherers
Green Urbanist
The End of the Hunter-Gathering Lifestyle
There is an ongoing misconception that most hunter-gatherers did not see past their 35th birthday. The reason for the very low average life expectancy is actually quite tragic. It's because hunter-gatherer groups have high levels of infant mortality, which means it's relatively common that newborns don't survive into adulthood. Infant mortality is 20 to 40% amongst hunter-gather populations compared to just 1% in the UK and USA today.
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