It looks like quite the disadvantage, in fact. We're killing ourselves and a lot of other stuff in the process.
Human population is at an all time (and growing) and the global mean life expectancy is double if not triple what it was in the time of cave men.
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Yes, but also antibiotics, vaccinations, child mortality down down down, life expectancy up up up. I wouldn't trade for living even 100 years prior compared to today, or 500-200k years ago for that matter.
With everything wrong and sick with today's world, let's not take the achievements of our species for granted.