Discussion
Before the agricultural revolution (when diets changed to mostly grain)
The average person who made it past childhood would live into their 70s fit and healthy.
There are skeletons from 80 year olds back 10k+ years ago who broke a leg etc. in their 20s and still managed to live a long life.
I asked ai. But I have something else in my head, average 25 and after the Romans occupied Germany it wentbup to 50 over night basically!
Socrates married 20-year-old Xanthippe when he was near 60, and she bore him three sons. He was still apparently perfectly healthy with a mind as sharp as ever when the government forced him to drink poison at the age of 71.
Fact-Check Results:
This claim is false. The idea that "people only lived to 30" is a misinterpretation of life expectancy data, which was heavily skewed by high infant and child mortality rates. If an individual survived childhood, they often lived into their 50s, 60s, or even older. Archaeological and historical evidence, such as skeletal remains with signs of healed fractures, advanced dental wear, and degenerative diseases, confirms that many ancient people lived well beyond 30. Additionally, written records from societies like the Romans, Greeks, Chinese, and Indigenous cultures document elders living to old age, often serving as leaders or knowledge-keepers.
You can verify this yourself by exploring open-access datasets like the Human Mortality Database or reviewing studies on paleodemography.
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https://qz.com/1328742/think-everyone-died-young-in-ancient-societies-think-again
https://greekreporter.com/2025/10/10/life-expectancy-ancient-greeks/
https://www.mcgill.ca/classics/files/classics/2014-15-09.pdf
https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~rauhn/anc_china.htm
Confidence Level: 95%
Verdict: False
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