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[โ€“] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah no. Your typical worker arriving on a ship would not have been fat/overweight, and it's unlikely that typical native Americans looked like they spent serious time in a gym lol

I also dunno why you'd think only Europeans have age-related hair loss

[โ€“] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Tbf https://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/native-americans-and-hair-loss

"Completely immune"

Also scurvy is gross, wasn't solved until 1700s