Who is the oldest individual alive in 2023? Scientists ‘find maximum age of life’
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cientists have put a ceiling on human lifespan at 115 years, however don’t inform that to 1 supercentenarian who has reached one yr past this cut-off.
Research performed in The Netherlands discovered that the utmost life for a girl is 115.7 years and 114.1 years for a person and the info was gathered from 75,000 who’ve died previously 30 years.
Life past 100 is uncommon sufficient however just one in 1,000 to have reached the century makes it to 110.
Professor John Einmahl told Medical Express: “On common, individuals reside longer, however the very oldest amongst us haven’t gotten older over the previous 30 years.
“There is certainly some kind of a wall here. Of course, the average life expectancy has increased. Nevertheless, the maximum ceiling hasn’t changed.”
Jeanne Louise Calment has the record for longest life but died in 1997. However, some people who are alive in 2023 exceed the glass ceiling set out by the Dutch scientists.
Who is the oldest person alive?
US-born Spaniard Maria Branyas is 116-years-old and took the title of oldest person in the world earlier in 2023 after the death of Sister Andre at 118.
In 2020, Ms Branyas became the oldest person to be diagnosed with and then recover from the Covid-19 virus.
She has been a widow since 1976 and had three children but one died at the age of 86. She played piano until the age of 108 but now lives in a California nursing home and communicates via a typing platform due to her hearing.
She has attributed her long life to staying away from “toxic people”.
Jeanne Louise Calment (the oldest individual ever recorded) attributed her lengthy life to olive oil, port and chocolate, however she was additionally a cigarette smoker. She died aged 122 in 1997.