Is it "the fact of the matter"? Today's few surviving hunter-gatherers are getting a bum rap from governments -- they are "bad" nomads; "good" ones being the nomadic highly skilled professionals -- but that does not mean that life was/is idyllic. And who says they don't get contagious diseases? Moreover, they die from simple ailments that no one should have to die of today. Just two weeks ago, I received news of someone who died of what sounds like septicaemia from a bad tooth/gum infection. Shucks, they even get cancers. And the women get gynecological disorders -- a female doctor is always a popular visitor because the women then get to talk to her about their problems. Three years ago, a 40+ year old woman I knew died of -- the description given was bleeding from the vagina.
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