As an over all, Do you think people are living longer, or not really.......?

Answer 1

No. I used to work at a living history museum, this question was addressed by a lot of research. While childhood illnesses used to kill a lot of children, which brings down the "average age at death", the chances of a 20 year old man living to 80 or 100 has not changed in the past 200 years - the time period we were looking at. Things have improved a bit for women, because the death rate from childbirth has dropped. Go find an old cemetery, or look through some old death records, and see for yourself.

Answer 2

We are declining in years since the beginning. Adam's time had people living 500-900 years. Now it is seventy or so. True, the middle ages and awhile after, 40-50 was average. The problem was, they would not take a bath or clean up. That one thing would have added years to all their lives.

Answer 3

Not really. Many people live on medication until their 60s and end up in a nursing home for the last 10 years. Statistically, they die at 70, but that is deceiving.