Not to get too political but ....
1899 upper class Liverpool = 136 newborns out of 1000 would die before the age of 1
Working class = 274 infant deaths per 1000 births
Impoverished slums = 509 infant deaths per 1000 births
Alexander Finlaison reported = 1/2 of all children of farmers, laborers, artisans, & servants died before 5th birthday compared to 1 in 11 children of the land owning gentry
So I personally would take some convincing things in the Neolithic were better than that.
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