> when the life expectancy was
>40
>years, that didn't mean that 40 year olds were really old people
>expected to
>die soon, it meant that more babies died during childbirth or from
>childhood
>illnesses thereby lowering the AVERAGE life expectency, not the actual
>age
>of death from "natural causes".
That claim is very much at odds with my understanding. I'm very
interested in hearing more. What is the source of this information?
Take care. -KMO
P.S. There is new C material waiting to infect your brain. You can find
it at
http://www.lucifer.com/~kmo/c-realm