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666pool t1_isz40gr wrote

Reply to comment by UrbanArcologist in Natural Selection Driven by the Black Death Linked to Modern-Day Autoimmune Disease: Analysis of DNA from over 200 remains shows that the Black Death selected for immune gene variants that are also risk factors for autoimmune conditions like Crohn's disease. by rjmsci

It actually was once you got through childhood.

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Du_ds t1_iszcoco wrote

If you lived to adulthood, you could expect a much longer life than average because the average is so skewed by all the dying in childhood.

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666pool t1_iszqtme wrote

That’s not what I’m saying at all. Even the Romans had an average life expectancy of like 70+ if they made it to adulthood, which is not terribly dissimilar from today.

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