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Interesting article about comparing human longevity versus life expectancy between the past and the present. Longevity apparently hasn’t changed very much, it’s all in life expectancy: the hazards that would cut human lives short in the old days were much greater.

Yes, intuitively I have generally believed this to be the case, and that the correct way to interpret the general situation.

20200618/https://getpocket.com/explore/item/do-we-really-live-longer-than-our-ancestors