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Well life expectancy was only 37 years in the 1700s as well. So for an adult, 14 years was basically the rest of their life.
by troupe 3y ago
Well life expectancy was only 37 years in the 1700s as well. So for an adult, 14 years was basically the rest of their life.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoFor an adult, life expectancy then was 55 or better! See, infant mortality was shit back then which accounted for a big bias in that lifetime '37'. If you survived childhood then you did pretty well. https://ourworldindata.org/its-not-just-about-child-mortality-life-expectancy-improved-at-all-ages https://ourworldindata.org/its-not-just-about-child-mortalit...
- troupe 3y agoGood point.