The average life expectancy was low, because so so many people died very young. If you made it through your 20s, you’d be pretty likely to live to what we still consider “old age”.
For people living traditional lives, without modern medicine or markets, the most common age of death is about 70.
The average life expectancy was low, because so so many people died very young. If you made it through your 20s, you’d be pretty likely to live to what we still consider “old age”.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-04/debunking-myth-people-died-young-before-modern-medicine/9302356
Huh… Misconception removed. Thank you for that.