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by z3t4 256 days ago
When the average life span was something like 30 years, why do all images look like they are 60+ years old? Is it a cognitive bias that we assume that people that are tens of thousands years old also look really old? :P
1 comments

classic misunderstanding of avg

avg of 30 usually just means higher child death rates

once adult you would likely still get to 50+ on avg