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TIL life expectancy in the Bronze and Iron Age was 26.
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Didn’t they also have an insanely high infant mortality rate that would drag down the life expectancy for adults too?
People often misunderstand the “life expectancy” statistic.
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It’s the AVERAGE age a person would reach.
Especially in ancient history, this is actually highly influenced by the nr of children dying really young.
Once you’d reached maturity, odds of becoming something like 60 weren’t too bad.
But children dying young pulls down the average a lot.
[Ötzi](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40104139) was about 45. And died from an arrow wound.
But.. but.. PALEO!
That kinda makes sense then, as to why something like the Bible outlaws homosexuality. Too bad they haven’t been able to pivot away from being a Bronze/Iron religion.
So back then to be a teenager was to be middle aged!? That’s just wild.