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by Tenoke 1104 days ago
>Excluding child mortality, the average life expectancy during the 12th–19th centuries was approximately 55 years

So still worse by whole decades than now.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#:~:text=Excl....

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Yes, although lots of places (mainly in Africa) have average life spans in the 50s.

https://www.worlddata.info/life-expectancy.php#by-population