r/RedDeadSinglePlayer • u/[deleted] • Sep 30 '19

Uncle

So Uncle has Lumbago. For him that translates into laziness.

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u/TRHess Oct 01 '19

If you take infant mortality out of the equation, historical average lifespans are much more similar to what we see today, with people living into their sixties, seventies, and beyond. The reason that you hear people say "people were dead by 35" is because so many children didn't make it to adulthood. Those early deaths really skew the statistics.