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dmullaney t1_jdq6trl wrote

Most of them didn't. But they also didn't eat a lot of refined sugars. It's genuinely kinda shocking how big a difference a low sugar diet makes to your dental health. Of course they also didn't live as long so their adult teeth only really needed to get them through a couple of decades

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CharlieKoffing t1_jdr382g wrote

This is common misconception. Average lifespans were lower back then because of a high infant mortality rate. When people die survive adolescence, they actually survived to 60 and beyond fairly regularly.

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beefydeadeyes t1_jdr4t9q wrote

Any sources ? Cheers

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Eomycota t1_jdr86zr wrote

Found those two from a quick search. I know there are other research on this topic out there, just can't remember how I found them.

https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2352-1

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=10&q=life+expectancy+hunter+gatherer&hl=fr&as_sdt=0,5#d=gs_qabs&t=1679844806366&u=%23p%3DMLcekP_DW7QJ

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