I’ve already made a couple of comments but I thought I’d throw this one in too, ancient societies held coming of age as a big deal because it meant that you’d reached a point where you were worth investing in, prior to that you were cannon fodder.
You didn’t have to make it to adulthood, if you made it to five you would likely see fifty on average.
Edit, apologies that it still leaves an average.
No they didn’t. Infants and children were dying left and right but if you survived to adulthood you’d most likely die in your 50’s-60’s.
High infant mortality rate is why the average human life expectancy was around 30.
Honestly this is why I hate averages because they can be easily misleading without the original source information to put it into perspective.
I’ve already made a couple of comments but I thought I’d throw this one in too, ancient societies held coming of age as a big deal because it meant that you’d reached a point where you were worth investing in, prior to that you were cannon fodder.
You didn’t have to make it to adulthood, if you made it to five you would likely see fifty on average. Edit, apologies that it still leaves an average.
I think half of child mortality rates are simply from babies being fucking suicidal.