Illuminating.

The actual facts about the past help us to have a more reasonable perspective regarding it than that our ancestors were gibbering, homicidal, man-spreading apes. Conan helps out with some corrections about life centuries ago:

"Top 10 Myths About The Middle Ages." By Conan the Cimmerian, 11/10/10.

Unfortunately the pictures embedded in his post do not appear in my browser. Perhaps in the Wayback Machine?

Correction:

The correct name of the author is Jamie Frater and the article WITH pictures can be found at the site linked to by Conan. Thanks to Brian E. for the heads up.