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stopdiggin

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6. your last sentence reflects the much truer picture.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 31, 2024, 10:33 PM

Jan 2024

and it belies (at least partially) a very persistent misunderstanding that many currently still labor under. "People died early in the olden days .." A lot of them did, yes. But, standing right beside that - old age was not at all a rarity either.

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Length of life is huge. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #2

Today I only read the story linked in the OP BootinUp Jan 2024 #5

your last sentence reflects the much truer picture. stopdiggin Jan 2024 #6

Not many were living to be 80+ CountAllVotes Jan 2024 #4

that's a bit of a misapprehension - (or at least so I've been told) -(nt)- stopdiggin Jan 2024 #7