To say that the lifespan of a caveman was only twenty years, although technically true, is misleading. Lifespans are calculated at birth and high infant mortality will skew the numbers downward. The lifestyle of the hunter/gatherers was fraught with peril and no toddler would have an easy time. Simple infections could prove fatal. But if a child survived until five years old his lifespan would shoot up to about forty and if the kid made it fifteen or so he could easily reach sixty. Our modern lifespans are very close to those of the cavemen once you adjust for the differences in infant mortality. I wonder how long we would live if we had the same lifestyle and diet of the caveman; heart disease and diabetes, both modern killers, were unknown in those times.
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Those 16th Century Spanish Conquistadors made it much further into North America than I thought. I knew they were in Florida and along the West Coast, but Kansas? That's an eye opener, and the discovery of a lost city, second only to Cahokia in size, is an even bigger eye opener. You never know what you're going to find once you start digging. Perhaps there's a hidden fortress lurking beneath the swampy environs of Beaglesonia, or at least some pottery and arrowheads. Ever dig up anything interesting, Mr. Beagles?
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The revocation of the security clearances of former officials baffles me; I mean, what's the point? There are no signs of abuse that I'm aware of; this strikes me as an act born out of fear and desperation. But Trump is the kind of guy who, finding himself in a hole, keeps digging with renewed vigor.
Let's see what happens this week; the Manafort trial should come to a verdict, Omarosa may entertain us with some video, and maybe some new subpoenas will land near the White House. I read a joking observation that, to the rest of the world, the US has become a reality TV program. Sounds about right.
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