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True but certain traditional cultural events and norms seem to point to lifespans being much shorter than we generally experience them now to be. 60 - 70 seeme

• bsder 3y ago
  Not really. Ben Franklin died at 84, for example. Jefferson died at 83. Being poor, however, has always sucked. Being wealthy always meant you lived longer. The difference is that wealth concentration was much more strongly localized and concentrated in the past. And the famous people, who you have heard of, were generally the more wealthy people.
  • jjk166 3y ago
    And both were noted for being exceptional outliers. The average lifespan of a signer of the declaration of independence was 66.