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Yeah, but the impact isn't that great. According to Our World In Data [1] a 20-year-old would expect to live to 60 in 1850 (before penicillin), versus to 80 no
by tomp 7y ago
Yeah, but the impact isn't that great.
According to Our World In Data [1] a 20-year-old would expect to live to 60 in 1850 (before penicillin), versus to 80 now.
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy#it-is-not-only-about-child-mortality-life-expectancy-by-age https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy#it-is-not-only-ab...
- Tade0 7y agoThat's still long enough for a person to see their grandchildren reach and cross puberty.
- isostatic 7y agoEspecially in a world where kids were born when the parent was in late teens or early 20s, rather than now when average age is 28 and pushing higher. This means first grandchildren in early 40s (rather than late 50s), and first great grandchildren by mid 60s (rather than mid 80s)