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minus-squareRedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·6 days agoA reminder that life expectancy in ancient history was so low not because people generally croaked by 40, but because of how many children died young. It’s an average, not a maximum. People regularly lived into their 70s and 80s hundreds of years ago.
A reminder that life expectancy in ancient history was so low not because people generally croaked by 40, but because of how many children died young.
It’s an average, not a maximum. People regularly lived into their 70s and 80s hundreds of years ago.