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What time period had the lowest life expectancy?

For much of human history, global life expectancy was remarkably low, often hovering between 20 and 40 years. This is largely due to extremely high infant and child mortality rates rather than adults dying young. We explore **what time period had the lowest life expectancy** and the factors behind it.

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Did anyone live to 100 in the Middle Ages? The truth about medieval longevity

Despite the common belief that no one lived past 30, it is a myth that people in the Middle Ages were uniformly short-lived, with some well-documented individuals approaching or even possibly reaching 100 years of age. While the average life expectancy was low due to high infant mortality and disease, a person who survived childhood had a far greater chance of a longer life than modern statistics suggest.

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