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Christine Cave

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Christine Cave recently completed her Ph.D. in archaeology at the Australian National University in Canberra.

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    human lifespan history - Edward the Confessor, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England, died when he was in his early 60s. This illustration depicts the deposition of his body in a tomb at London’s Westminster Abbey in 1066.

    Did Ancient People Die Young?

    Many of us believe our ancestors lived much shorter lives than we do. Cutting-edge archaeology shows otherwise.

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