Re: Did ancient people have longer life span?
These all are myths. Though cleaner air and water do put less free radicals in your system, which decreases the aging process, but that won’t take you to 200-300 years of life span.
Eating habits of ancient humans were worst and more health damaging than modern human beings. Plus the medical industry was hocus pocus. You can fell of a horse, hit your head, go unconscious, and the guy would drill a hole in your head to drain the blood out, or try to pull the evil out of your nose using tongs.
Wars and battles were common. Epidemics were common. Personal hygiene including oral hygiene was at its worst
There was a reason the male life expectancy of ancient humans was less than 50