Montagu J D
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Charing Cross Hospital, London.
J R Soc Med. 1994 Jan;87(1):25-6.
The length of life for a population of ancient Greek and Roman men with quoted dates of birth and death has been compared statistically with three sample populations from different periods. It was found that the ancients who were born before 100 BC lived as long as the moderns who died before 1950; they lived significantly shorter lives than those who have died in the present half century.
已对有确切生卒日期的古希腊和古罗马男性群体的寿命，与来自不同时期的三个样本群体进行了统计学比较。结果发现，公元前100年以前出生的古人的寿命与1950年以前去世的现代人的寿命一样长；他们的寿命明显短于在过去半个世纪中去世的人。
