• Famko@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    I believe that the low average lifespan of early civilizations wasn’t because of 30 being the natural cut off range for human life.

    It was because of child mortality. So many of them died that it affected the average.

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      26 days ago

      Child mortality was high, but so was the mortality of those of us with chronic health issues from birth, and the mortality of those whose potential skillsets were not suited to the society’s limited capacity to provide for non-providers.

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      26 days ago

      While that is true, the reason child mortality is so much lower is better knowledge combined with modern technology.

      The anprims would shun at least the latter part and experience a drastic increase as a result.