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What happens to human tribes or primate populations in the wild when the average age of the populations become too high? What kinds of social dysfunctions emerge in these societies? Do the young start to neglect or abuse the old? Do they get outcompeted by rival tribes? Is it simply something that never happens in the wild?
Wild guess: a hunter-gatherer’s life expectancy is severely constrained by dental health and a shortage of food that doesn’t require chewing, so the issue never arises.
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