FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 days agoIn the olden days, when people got married a lot younger, there were probably lots of grandparents in their thirtiesmessage-squaremessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down17
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareIn the olden days, when people got married a lot younger, there were probably lots of grandparents in their thirtiesFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareAggravationstation@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 days agoYea human lifespan hasn’t really changed over time but as you say infant mortality, pandemics, war and a complete lack of industrial safety for over a century have skewed the average over the years.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoYeah, a lot of people didn’t make it to the point of dieing of old age, but it wasn’t rare to see 80yo or even 90yo people. People seem to think that a life expectancy of e.g. 45 years means that most people died at age 45, and that’s just plain wrong.
Yea human lifespan hasn’t really changed over time but as you say infant mortality, pandemics, war and a complete lack of industrial safety for over a century have skewed the average over the years.
Yeah, a lot of people didn’t make it to the point of dieing of old age, but it wasn’t rare to see 80yo or even 90yo people.
People seem to think that a life expectancy of e.g. 45 years means that most people died at age 45, and that’s just plain wrong.