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Ancient Rome gives you something like a life expectancy of 50 years if you survived being a baby. But I also think ancient Romans would not lay in a tanning bo
by brianwawok 5y ago
Ancient Rome gives you something like a life expectancy of 50 years if you survived being a baby.
But I also think ancient Romans would not lay in a tanning booth, or be indoors for 10 months and then take a 7 day trip to Mexico and burn to a crisp on the beach.
- cortesoft 5y agoAlso, 50 is pretty young. Skin cancer would probably not get most people before they were 50, even with a lot of sun exposure. I bet some did die of skin cancer younger than 50, too.
- kordlessagain 5y agoMRNA treatments should be able to handle this soonish.
- cortesoft 5y agoThis doesn't seem connected to the question of how people historically have avoided dying of skin cancer?
- throw_away 5y agoToday, the average age of Melanoma diagnosis is 63, so they very well may have still died by large before typical onset. https://www.curemelanoma.org/about-melanoma/melanoma-statistics-2/ https://www.curemelanoma.org/about-melanoma/melanoma-statist...