This is a poor interpretation of average life expectancy numbers. Plenty of people lived into their 60s+, but due to high infant mortality, the average gets pulled way down.
It’s not about the specific year though, it’s just that the average life expectancy includes infant and child mortality, which used to be a lot higher in most countries. This pulls down the average but there were still plenty of people who lived to 50-60. Our upper life expectancy is higher now, but not 50 years higher.
Live past 35.
This is a poor interpretation of average life expectancy numbers. Plenty of people lived into their 60s+, but due to high infant mortality, the average gets pulled way down.
this stupid meme needs to die, something like 30-40% of people lived past 60 in the 1600s…
i’m just gonna generalize this to “any year before 1600” and edit the title
It’s not about the specific year though, it’s just that the average life expectancy includes infant and child mortality, which used to be a lot higher in most countries. This pulls down the average but there were still plenty of people who lived to 50-60. Our upper life expectancy is higher now, but not 50 years higher.