“Disease prevalence in ancient populations: Did our ancestors avoid certain age-related illnesses?”

It can be assumed that among ancient people the prevalence of some diseases associated with age was less than in the modern population of the globe. Probably, people simply did not have time to live to see a heart attack or stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s and even hypertension. After all, the life expectancy of our ancient ancestors was small. Scientists have established this by determining bone age – the degree of ossification of the bones of the hand and forearm according to x-ray data. But it is always important to remember that there is a certain margin of error, since ancient people developed at their own pace. Here’s what the posts say: