# The Times of Our Lives: A history of longevity

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Christopher Dye
- Year: 2006
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/times-our-lives-history-longevity)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Notwithstanding Bible stories, the average human lifespan has reached "three score years and ten" only through spectacular increases in the past two centuries, and only in the richer half of the world. Among the 60 million people who die each year, 10 million are children under five, mostly in poor countries. What do they die of, and why? Where in the world is health getting better, and where is it getting worse?

## Lectures

1. [The Times of Our Lives: A history of longevity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/times-our-lives-history-longevity/c26c3f096290) (YouTube)