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Ancient Humans May Have Lived As Long As We Do
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2018 Jan 16, 3:50am 979 views 8 comments
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FNWGMOBDVZXDNW
2018 Jan 16, 5:51am
FNWGMOBDVZXDNW
2018 Jan 16, 5:51am
My takeaway is that the benefits of modern medicine basically offset the detriment of modern diet and lifestyle.
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bob2356
2018 Jan 16, 6:56am
ohomen171 says
So studying a handful of graves in 3 small british cemeteries lets you extrapolate to all people in all cultures? How does that work?
WTF, there have always been people that lived into there 70', 80's or 90's. A lot didn't. That's why it's called AVERAGE lifespan. All medicine does if give you a better shot at being one that does. .
“People sometimes think that in those days if you lived to 40 that was about as good as it got,” she said. “But that’s not true. For people living traditional lives without modern medicine or markets, the most common age of death is about 70, and that is remarkably similar across all different cultures.”
So studying a handful of graves in 3 small british cemeteries lets you extrapolate to all people in all cultures? How does that work?
WTF, there have always been people that lived into there 70', 80's or 90's. A lot didn't. That's why it's called AVERAGE lifespan. All medicine does if give you a better shot at being one that does. .
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Y
2018 Jan 16, 7:23am
Y
2018 Jan 16, 7:23am
So they used people from present day shithole countries for comparison???
ohomen171 says
ohomen171 says
from subjects in current societies with lifestyles similar to those of ancient humans,
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anonymous
2018 Jan 16, 7:30am
I've always known that infant mortality, infections without antibiotics, lack of dentistry and other factors all contributed to make the AVERAGE LIFESPAN much lower. Especially the number of children that didn't make it. Even though people sort knew it was an average, they always talk as if everyone was dying at 30 to 40.
I is true though, that a lot more 65 year olds make it to 80 than 150 years ago.
I is true though, that a lot more 65 year olds make it to 80 than 150 years ago.
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anonymous
2018 Jan 16, 8:47am
I’m always fascinated to learn that people think that humans live longer now than we did throughout history. Why do people think that?
It’s the same human body, with the same potentiality to make it to 100, that it ever was.
If anything, devolution has led to people not knowing how to properly fuel their body, so nowadays people are much sicker and likely to die young from self inflicted harm
It’s the same human body, with the same potentiality to make it to 100, that it ever was.
If anything, devolution has led to people not knowing how to properly fuel their body, so nowadays people are much sicker and likely to die young from self inflicted harm
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anonymous
2018 Jan 16, 9:16am
Wait until all you young whippersnappers get older,you'll be saying,"Living into the seventies & eighties,
No Damn Way!"
Highway robbers took all the gold from The Golden Years. lol
No Damn Way!"
Highway robbers took all the gold from The Golden Years. lol
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NDrLoR
2018 Jan 16, 9:18am
NDrLoR
2018 Jan 16, 9:18am
With all due respect, he was still very old for his time even if he wasn't born when he said he was and was the exception for any time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Brock_(supercentenarian)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Brock_(supercentenarian)
DISCOVERIES
Something to Chew on
Ancient humans may have lived just as long as we do.
According to a new study published recently in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, ancient humans actually might have lived well into their 70s, too.
Archaeologists from the Australian National University compared the wear and tear on teeth of skeletons from archaeological cemeteries in England of people buried as far back as AD 475 with teeth from subjects in current societies with lifestyles similar to those of ancient humans, the International Business Times reported.
The comparison yielded some surprising results, Christine Cave, a Ph.D. scholar at the Australian National University, said in a statement.
“People sometimes think that in those days if you lived to 40 that was about as good as it got,” she said. “But that’s not true. For people living traditional lives without modern medicine or markets, the most common age of death is about 70, and that is remarkably similar across all different cultures.”
Think twice before champing at the bit for the latest health trend.