before modern medicine, how did medieval people live to their 80s? How did they survive common conditions that could result in death like open wound infection, tooth infection, diseases, unhygienic food and water?
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Well, most people died well before their 80s. But just by the law of averages, some portion of the population simply never suffered an open wound infection, never got a tooth infection, never contracted various diseases, never ran afoul of the king, never annoyed a bear, never fell off a cliff, never got conscripted into some damn fool idealistic crusade, never got food and water that was TOO unhygienic. It really is that simple. Luck.
Sitting is the new smoking. Our ancestors moved around a lot, and could have experienced fewer chronic diseases.
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