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Okay? And life expectancy *around the world* most likely was a lot lower than the modern world's life expectancy. People grew up faster. There is nothing deep a

• ffgjgf1 3y ago
  Also it was mostly false in the west at least. The Average marriage became lower, not higher in the 20th century before it began increasing at a very fast pace in the 70s: http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/Age.htm http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/Age.htm Depending on the area between the 1600s and 1800s it was not uncommon at all for women to marry in her mid-20s. Even in the middle ages in North Western Europe the average age never dipped much below 20
• alamortsubite 3y ago
  > People grew up faster. In some ways, without a doubt, but in others, maybe not. There's evidence kids reached puberty later in pre-industrial society. This seems pertinent.
• sydbarrett74 3y ago
  Average life expectancy was highly skewed by the huge number of infant and child deaths from infectious disease and accidents. People who survived to adulthood had a reasonable chance of living to old age, even hundreds or thousands of years ago.