> There are tribal societies that have been stable for tens of thousands of years. With which average lifespan and enduring what pain? What was the solution f

> There are tribal societies that have been stable for tens of thousands of years. With which average lifespan and enduring what pain? What was the solution for, say, a tooth going south? Medicine was ugly back then. Between 1% to 1.5% of all the woman giving birth would die while doing so in 1600. Something insane like that. We've literally gone down at least 30x. Also back then women couldn't really decide whether they'd become pregnant or not. At 17 years old or so I got a medical emergency: doctor diagnosed an appendicitis that was missed a few days earlier for I was under strong painkillers. When it was diagnosed a few hours later I was undergoing surgery. In 1600 I could very well have died of peritonitis / infection without the surgery. I see all those years I lived since then as pure win, thanks to modernity. It comes at a cost but I live better than any king has ever lived (except for those who live/lived in modern times).