• vala@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    This is a bit of an exaggeration. There’s evidence that prehistoric societies mended broken bones and sometimes even skull fractures.

    Average life expectancy stats are pretty skewed by infant mortality rates.

    As one example, Otzi the “ice man” had several broken bones early in his life and survived a pretty long time after that.

    https://www.iceman.it/en/the-mummy/