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> Emperor Justinian I lived to 83 i'm responding to the comment about hunting deer on foot to escape death from hunger. I'm pretty sure Justinian I didn't depe
by twelve40 3y ago
> Emperor Justinian I lived to 83
i'm responding to the comment about hunting deer on foot to escape death from hunger. I'm pretty sure Justinian I didn't depend on that for his daily survival.
Based on this link*, expected age of death at 15 (past the childhood phase) for hunter-gatherers is somewhere around 51-56, which is some 25 years fewer than today, so no, not great
* http://www.unm.edu/~hkaplan/KaplanHillLancasterHurtado_2000_LHEvolution.pdf http://www.unm.edu/~hkaplan/KaplanHillLancasterHurtado_2000_...
- argiopetech 3y agoMaybe not great compared to now, but in line with my post, not "dead at ~40", and a damn sight better than the bronze age/middle ages.