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There’s lies, damned lies, and statistics quoted by AI. Average ancient life expectancy numbers are substantially lowered due to high infant mortality. Once thi
by whythre 3y ago
There’s lies, damned lies, and statistics quoted by AI. Average ancient life expectancy numbers are substantially lowered due to high infant mortality. Once this early danger had passed, most people lived to approximately the same age we do now: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18359748/#:~:text=Their%20mean%20%2B%2F%2D%20SD%20and,of%20life%20in%20classical%20Greece https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18359748/#:~:text=Their%20me....
This wasn’t a children of the corn situation.