While genetics is clearly the primary factor, the environment, including your own lifestyle, is considered by experts on aging to play an important role in determining your life expectancy. Will your own children live to see the Twenty-second Century? Experts say, “The chances are rather good.” Today, Centenarians - those who are age 100 or […]
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I was surprised to see such a high estimate in the rise. I mean it seems more things are coming up that will shorten life then extend it. For example more cars and more people making it harder to get somewhere and more polluted air. Also drugs are being used more commonly and sports are […]
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We found a old National Geographic in 2005 covering the CENTENARIAN. Here’s an abstract on the issue: What if I told you I could add up to ten years to your healthy lifespan? A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. If you adopt […]
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May 25, 2007; An important statistical question about the demography of Supercentenarians is whether their net numbers are increasing exponentially over time (synchronized, say, with the observed rise in the numbers of centenarians) or whether their numbers have remained relatively flat (with a small positive linear slope). Now, Mr. Robert Young, GRG Senior […]
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While the density of centenarians per capita was much less in ancient times than today, the data suggest that reaching the age of 100 was not impossible then. Though ancient demographics are biased in favor of wealthy or powerful individuals rather than the ordinary person, it is unscientific to suggest that “ordinary persons” lived longer. […]
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