“how we lived our entire history” is generally “as hunter-gatherers, who died when something went slightly wrong”.
Slightly deeper than normal scratch? Massive infection and death
get a cavity? hope you enjoy slow, painful decay
Luckily they didn’t, until they invented grain farming and storage and bread every day
Hunter gatherers before 10k years ago (before Egypt learnt to farm) had great teeth
This isn’t universally true. There were less incidences of general tooth decay due to different microflora than we have now, but people absolutely still got dental issues that would result in systemic infections and death.
If we’re going to be saddled with 19th century British customs they could at least have left in all the drugs.
We do have the gin.
As if 19th century Britain was a monolith
i am PISSED. Rrrroyally PISSED
example?
One reason non-heteronormative sex is so demonized in countries that were formerly under British occupation is because of the influence of the British customs and laws.
If they are that old.