>Life expectancy at birth was lower than today. However those who survived to adulthood had a life expectancy considerably closer to modern ones than most people think.
This is not true and the source of this misconception is a misleading BBC article that only cited sources about the rich privileged elites of ancient Rome and Middle Age England.
The vast majority of people in the past had significantly lower life expectancy than the rich elites of their time.
This is not true and the source of this misconception is a misleading BBC article that only cited sources about the rich privileged elites of ancient Rome and Middle Age England.
The vast majority of people in the past had significantly lower life expectancy than the rich elites of their time.