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and they lives till their mid 30s.
No they didn't. Infants and children were dying left and right but if you survived to adulthood you'd most likely die in your 50's-60's.
High infant mortality rate is why the average human life expectancy was around 30.
Honestly this is why I hate averages because they can be easily misleading without the original source information to put it into perspective.
I think half of child mortality rates are simply from babies being fucking suicidal.
You didn't have to make it to adulthood, if you made it to five you would likely see fifty on average. Edit, apologies that it still leaves an average. Second edit, it's also theorised that children don't like the taste of vegetables until they reach puberty, children are predisposed not to eat plant matter as they are incapable of knowing whether or not it will kill them.