True but certain traditional cultural events and norms seem to point to lifespans being much shorter than we generally experience them now to be.
60 - 70 seemed to be the upper ceiling for a very long time.
60 - 70 seemed to be the upper ceiling for a very long time.
Being poor, however, has always sucked. Being wealthy always meant you lived longer.
The difference is that wealth concentration was much more strongly localized and concentrated in the past. And the famous people, who you have heard of, were generally the more wealthy people.