U.S. comes up short on living longer
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 03:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Helen DeSanctis was born in Paterson, N.J., the same year silk workers struck at more than 100 mills, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole and William Howard Taft served as president of the United States. Her predicted life expectancy at birth: 53 years.