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Wellbeing
28 Oct 2021
How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century
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Source: TED Talk
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For millennia, humans had relatively short lifespans; but the past hundred years or so has seen that lifespan increase dramatically.
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Learn more about the reasons why human life expectancy has increased.
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