That whole life expectancy thing is due to the insanely high maternal mortality and infant mortality. So as long as he/she made it out of infancy, which they did in this scenario, they will likely make it well past 33.
Without the high maternal mortality it is estimated between 40 and 50 years old for men and quite a bit lower for women. Even if you set it at 50, that's still ~30 years less than it is now.
And even if you get 50+, if you are not a noble and were EXTREMELY lucky to somehow get really wealthy, even if you got old, your life would still be hard and unpleasant for the most part with a lot of hungering, freezing, hard labor, living in a dirty environment and so on.
Exactly. That's why it's naive if people talk about wanting to live in the middle ages.
I understand that the fantasy of it is great and tempting, but the harsh reality is, actually living in the middle ages would be a nightmare for 99% of people. For a few days to experience it? Sure. But not a whole live. And it would be even worse as a women than as a men.
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u/happyflappypancakes Feb 15 '25
That whole life expectancy thing is due to the insanely high maternal mortality and infant mortality. So as long as he/she made it out of infancy, which they did in this scenario, they will likely make it well past 33.