&gt; (and hell, likely made you a drain on your hunter-gatherer tribe)<p>Apparently there are some arguments that having elders around was a boon for prehistoric tribes. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;2011&#x2F;jul&#x2F;24&#x2F;prehistoric-man-helped-as-elderly-survived" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;2011&#x2F;jul&#x2F;24&#x2F;prehistoric-m...</a><p>I don&#x27;t know how much this is validated, but thought it was interesting nonetheless because it seems counter intuitive at first.