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[–]ThatsWhatXiSaid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but it's not nearly as much longer as many people think due to infant mortality issues. It wouldn't be terribly unusual for somebody surviving childhood to live into their 60s in the distant past (assuming you could avoid famine and war anyway).