Du_ds t1_iszcoco wrote on October 19, 2022 at 8:18 PM

Reply to comment by 666pool in Natural Selection Driven by the Black Death Linked to Modern-Day Autoimmune Disease: Analysis of DNA from over 200 remains shows that the Black Death selected for immune gene variants that are also risk factors for autoimmune conditions like Crohn's disease. by rjmsci

If you lived to adulthood, you could expect a much longer life than average because the average is so skewed by all the dying in childhood.

666pool t1_iszqtme wrote on October 19, 2022 at 9:50 PM

That’s not what I’m saying at all. Even the Romans had an average life expectancy of like 70+ if they made it to adulthood, which is not terribly dissimilar from today.