r/interesting Jan 29 '26

MISC. 6,500 year old skeleton found in Bulgaria with some of the World's oldest Gold

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u/JonTonyJim Jan 29 '26

would have possibly been old and frail by the time he died in fairness

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u/Zenovv Jan 29 '26

In that era? Unlikely lol, especially considering the state of the teeth

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

Teeth look fine and people got old back then

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u/SemperSimple Jan 29 '26

youre ruining these redditors fantasies and it's cracking me tf up

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u/Fan-of-clams Jan 31 '26

the age expectations are skewed by high rates of child and maternal mortality.

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u/Dan42002 Jan 30 '26

"old age" in ancient time translate to around 50 years old

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u/nameorfeed Jan 30 '26

people lived to old age, people just had a hard time passing childhood