So what do you think of the health of cave men?

Some people are saying they were in quite good health. But I don't know. They didn't really have medical records back then, and from what I've heard the under-30 mortality rate was pretty high.

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Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M

Healthy? They had diseases and parasites we rarely deal with today. Someone who made it to thirty was probably considered ancient.

Infant and maternal mortality were probably unacceptably high by modern standards.