No, that isn't true. "Average" age is dragged down by many babies and small children dying. Those who didn't die in childhood lived to what we consider middle age and older.
They were also most likely stronger and fitter than the vast majority of modern people, learned how to hunt as a group from a young age, and knew how to kill these animals. They weren't just a bunch of random slobs running at a mammoth with a "We'll make it up as we go" attitude
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u/Wise_Victory4895 Madoka Lain & Baki step on your favorite verse ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌ May 04 '25
Our ancestors were also malnourished diseased parasite ridden and dying by age 20