• BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      This is a poor interpretation of average life expectancy numbers. Plenty of people lived into their 60s+, but due to high infant mortality, the average gets pulled way down.

      • Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 months ago

        It’s a little bit of both. It was not rare to see people in their 60s but it was also not an age most people expected to reach.

      • Lemuria@lemmy.mlOP
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        3 months ago

        i’m just gonna generalize this to “any year before 1600” and edit the title