The wealthy lived pretty much like modern day people except that instead of modern appliances and motor vehicles they had slaves.
Average life expectancy usually takes into account lots of children who died very early in life. If you made it into the teenage years - your life expectancy was well in the 50s...
the article refers to those whose average age at death was 30 and did backbteaking work in the salt mines as “migrants”.
they ate rotting grain and were from the northern alpine area.
obviously slaves, guess that’s the next word that will become not permissable to use. the “s” word.
The Roman empire was a slave and war driven economy. Our greatness in western civilization lies with the Greeks, and the way Judaeo-Christian monotheism was readily accepted by them.
Now, the kids in our lefty schools think it all came from the likes of Maya Angelou.
Bump!
Fighting was very common.
... for your consideration.
This isn’t unusual for the times. I believe the same analysis was done in the Anasazi region of skeletons and they found the same thing. Puberty was their middle age, and 30 was old.
Lots of death at childbirth. I kind of doubt the study took those deaths into account. I research 19th century european genealogy birth records and the number of deaths at birth is incredibly high.
No surprise. That's why "a generation" was traditionally considered 35 years. But it probably takes a scientific study before the press embraces an element of common knowledge.
One of the biggest mistakes our founding fathers made was letting slavery continue. We have so many problems now because of it.
... and if Al Gore and his ilk have their way, that’s what life will be like in late 21st Century America.
How many people now would be dead at an early age if not for the modern medicines and practices? A broken bone, an infection or virus can easily mean death if not properly taken care of.