[kromem]

Around 1800 CE in the United States roughly 30-50% of children didn't make it past 5.

But yeah, sure, a Neanderthal child dying at 6 years old was the result of neglect and not that there was extremely high child mortality prior to the very recent modern era.

[DerekL]

Also, Down's syndrome causes all sorts of additional health problems. Maybe they let the kid starve at age 6, or the kid got sick and died anyway.

[overstay8930]

You think they would have executed a child sooner? What kind of logic are you trying to use here?