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Didn't we start living longer as we had access to more and better food...and ate it?

• FollowingTheDao 2y ago
  You are thinking of Antibiotics.
  • bamboozled 2y ago
    No I'm not...
    • FollowingTheDao 2y ago
      Let me rephrase that less sarcastically. More food did not lead to longer lifespan in modern humans. Antibiotics are responsible for increasing human lifespan and estimated 20 years. https://www.antibioticresearch.org.uk/happen-antibiotics-stopped-working/#:~:text=It%20has%20been%20estimated%20that,deafness%20to%20mental%20health%20issues https://www.antibioticresearch.org.uk/happen-antibiotics-sto...
      • amanaplanacanal 2y ago
        I suspect they are taking about the time during which our ancestors evolved into modern humans.
• meindnoch 2y ago
  We did. But we have overshot a bit.