Submitted by Takaharu7 t3_121wuz2 in askscience
dmullaney t1_jdq6trl wrote
Most of them didn't. But they also didn't eat a lot of refined sugars. It's genuinely kinda shocking how big a difference a low sugar diet makes to your dental health. Of course they also didn't live as long so their adult teeth only really needed to get them through a couple of decades
CharlieKoffing t1_jdr382g wrote
This is common misconception. Average lifespans were lower back then because of a high infant mortality rate. When people die survive adolescence, they actually survived to 60 and beyond fairly regularly.
beefydeadeyes t1_jdr4t9q wrote
Any sources ? Cheers
Eomycota t1_jdr86zr wrote
Found those two from a quick search. I know there are other research on this topic out there, just can't remember how I found them.
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2352-1
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