The January 2 , 1926 Charleston Gazette ( Charleston , WV ) hightail it this short endorsement about the twelvemonth 2000 and the fear that prospicient life span might mean G of descendants .
A serious scientist has glad news for all those that want to stick to this domain , in cattiness of its trouble and worries . In the year 2000 , says he , the intermediate lifetime will be 100 years , and many will dwell to be 200 old age one-time .
That will interest birth control advocates , for something in the way of birth control would seem to be necessary in 2000 A.D.
A man and woman 200 years old might easily have yard of descendants . Providence , however , does n’t get the tree diagram mature into the sphere .
antecedently on Paleo - Future :
Age Wars ! The Coming Battle Between Young and Old ( 1986 )
eld 75 to be Noon of Life in Year 2000 ( Chicago Daily Tribune , 1925 )
Up - Wing Priorities ( 1981 )
Longer Honeymoons , Happier Wives ( 1923 )
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