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Re:The health care toll today’s work culture exacts on emplo... by xigency on Friday March 23, 2018 @12:55AM (#16655180)
In the book Sapiens the author argues that life was perhaps better before the invention of agriculture, with relative comfort and less time spent on subsistence.
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Re:The health care toll today’s work culture exacts on emplo... by tonyedgecombe on Friday March 23, 2018 @06:16AM (#16656540)
It's interesting that the skeletons found from the period after agriculture was introduced are significantly shorter than those from before.
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Re:The health care toll today’s work culture exacts on emplo... by vilmosi on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:58AM (#16658174)
The book also says how that world was incredibly violent and unsympathetic to the elderly/sick.
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