Elderly hunter-gatherers exhibit vitality, vigor, and physical capability, such as sprinting and climbing, at ages where modern individuals often decline.

“So that's my my evidence would come from the Hodza. So I went to Tanzania in 2021. And I spent time with the Hodza and there were guys who were probably in their 60s climbing trees. Like they they would show the younger guys how to cut down a small tree. They would use a machete and make spikes out of the small tree, hammer the spikes into a tree, baabob tree, climb the baabob tree. They're 30, 40 feet in the air and look for hives to get honey. These are 60y old guys, give or take.”