Study Suggests There’s No Limit on Longevity, But Getting Super Old Is Still Tough
After the age of 105, the odds of dying plateau, meaning it’s possible to live beyond the current record of 123 years
By Jason Daley
June 29, 2018
Something miraculous happened during the 20th century that rarely gets mentioned along with techno-leaps like the airplane, television, radio, A-bomb and the internet: due to improved public health, medicine and nutrition the average human lifespan on Earth doubled. The big question now is whether it could double again. Is there is a natural biological limit on human longevity, an age we just can’t get past? Or, given the right circumstances, could a lucky human give Methuselah a run for his money? Ben Guarino at The Washington Post reports that a new study of very old Italians suggests that there isn’t a cap on how long a human can keep going in this mortal coil.
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-suggests-theres-no-limit-longevity-getting-super-old-still-tough-180969488/#W3fdFsOl4CIogol8.99
