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Paleodemography: expectancy and false hope

J P Bocquet-Appel1, C Masset

  • 1Laboratoire d'Anthropologie biologique, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology
|April 1, 1996
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This study introduces novel paleodemographic estimators to determine life expectancy and mortality probabilities from archaic life tables. These methods accurately estimate average age at death, even with unknown age distribution shapes.

Area of Science:

  • Paleodemography
  • Demographic Modeling
  • Statistical Inference

Background:

  • Estimating demographic parameters from ancient populations presents significant challenges due to incomplete data and unknown age distributions.
  • Traditional methods struggle with the inherent randomness and fluctuations in aging patterns observed in both reference and target samples.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate new paleodemographic estimators for reconstructing life expectancy and mortality probabilities from archaic life tables.
  • To assess the efficacy of iterative techniques (proportional fitting and Bayesian) in estimating age distributions and mean age at death.

Main Methods:

  • Stochastic generation of parent populations with varying correlations between age at death and a biological indicator.
  • Application of proportional fitting and Bayesian iterative techniques to estimate target age distributions from reference samples.
Keywords:
Age DistributionAge FactorsDemographic FactorsDemographyHistorical DemographyLength Of LifeLife ExpectancyMethodological StudiesMortalityPopulationPopulation CharacteristicsPopulation DynamicsSocial SciencesWorld

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  • Derivation of new paleodemographic estimators using mean adult age at death and juvenility index from 40 archaic life tables.

    • Main Results:

    • Iterative techniques can estimate the average age at death, providing life expectancy at 20 years for stationary populations, despite random fluctuations.
    • The newly derived estimators, applied to archaic life tables, successfully estimate life expectancy at birth and 20 years under stable population assumptions.
    • The estimators also provide probabilities of death at ages 1 and 5 years.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed paleodemographic estimators offer a robust method for inferring key demographic indicators from limited ancient population data.
    • These estimators are valuable tools for understanding past population dynamics, mortality patterns, and life history strategies in prehistoric human groups.