Lack of dementia in ancient Greece and Rome suggests contemporary causes to diseases like Alzheimer's

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Yes, and civilization developed processed seed oils about 1870

and of course modern society has a plethora of seed oils, processed animal proteins, pesticides, pollutants, plastics, vitamins, dairy, additives and stretchers.

Or was it that, mostly, people didn't live that long in ancient societies or prior to 1900?

I'll cling to the idea that our brains and neurons are drowning in seed oils as well as most other types of oil and fat. The outcome won't be uniform, as in Alz Disease Type A. We are different organisms with varying genetics. So the pathology varies.