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  2. Life expectancy - Wikipedia

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    Human life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age. ... Ancient Rome: 20–33 [29] [30] [31] ...

  3. Longevity myths - Wikipedia

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    In one view, man was originally to have everlasting life, but as sin was introduced into the world by Adam, [18] its influence became greater with each generation and God progressively shortened man's life. [19] In a second view, before Noah's flood, a "firmament" over the earth (Genesis 1:6–8) contributed to people's advanced ages. [20]

  4. Demography of the Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Life expectancy at birth in the Roman Empire is estimated at about 22–33 years. [9] [notes 1] For the two-thirds to three-quarters of the population surviving the first year of life, [10] life expectancy at age 1 is estimated at around 34–41 remaining years (i.e. expected to live to age 35–42), while for the 55–65% surviving to age 5, life expectancy was around 40–45. [11]

  5. Scientists Explain What It Means If We’ve Reached Peak Human ...

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    Humans may have already reached peak life span, new research suggests. Researchers found that since 1990, the average lifespan has only risen 6.5 years. Experts explain the findings.

  6. Prehistoric demography - Wikipedia

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    Based on a dataset of average population density of hunter-gatherer groups collected by Lewis R. Binford, which indicate a mean density of 0.1223 humans per km 2 and a median density of 0.0444 humans per km 2, the combined human population of Africa and Eurasia at the time of the LGM would have been between 2,998,820 and 8,260,262 people.

  7. Ulpian's life table - Wikipedia

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    Ulpian's life table is an ancient Roman annuities table. It is known through a passage, originating from the jurist Aemilius Macer , preserved in edited form in Justinian 's Digest . The table appears to provide a rough outline of ancient Roman life expectancy .

  8. Prehistoric medicine - Wikipedia

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    The life expectancy in prehistoric times was low, 25–40 years, [5] with men living longer than women; archaeological evidence of women and babies found together suggests that many women would have died in childbirth, perhaps accounting for the lower life expectancy in women than men. Another possible explanation for the shorter life spans of ...

  9. Timeline of aging research - Wikipedia

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    In larger animals, such as rabbits, dogs and monkeys, the effect is less pronounced. The impact of fasting on human life expectancy still remains a question where not everything is clear and is unambiguous. [2] 1936 The first European (and Western) journal about aging and longevity. It was published in Kishinev by Dimu Kotsovsky.