“This gap is especially limiting in longevity research, where admixed supercentenarians may harbor unique protective variants ...
Jeanne Calment is the oldest person to have ever lived. She died at 122 in 1997, and her long life left many astonished. Even ...
​​Rivers may seem as old as the hills, but they have life cycles just like other natural features do. Many grow and make ...
Kellenberger, who spent 41 years teaching middle school in Carson City, Mich., said she’d dreamed of hiking the 14-state ...
Brazilian research team investigates protective factors in extraordinary people who survived COVID-19 without vaccines and ...
Scientists are uncovering why Brazil may be one of the most important yet underused resources for studying extreme longevity.
Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed ...
Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...
A modern analysis of 7-million-year-old remains suggest this mysterious ancient primate is the oldest human ancestor ever found.