37 Pictured: American Revolutionary War veteran William Hutchings, photographed at the age of 100 in 1864. THINK MIRROR. (twitter.com) posted 271 days ago by catsfive 271 days ago by catsfive +40 / -3 25 comments share 25 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Yes, but this doesn't mean that people lived shorter lives. There was a lot of infant mortality. So if one person died at 100 and the other died at 1, the average life expectancy of the two was 50.5yrs.
Good point, I didn't think about that.