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16-September-2008 16:15:09 - Longevity Reflections on longevity have usually gone beyond acknowledging the basic shortness of human life and have included thinking about methods to extend life. Longevity has been a topic not only for the scientific community but also for writers of travel, science fiction and utopian novels. There are many difficulties in authenticating the longest human lifespan ever, due to inaccurate birth statistics; though fiction, legend, and mythology have proposed or claimed vastly longer lifespans in the past or future and longevity myths frequently allege them to exist in the present. The word 'longevity' is sometimes used as a synonym for life expectancy in demography. However, this is not the most popular or accepted definition.1 For the general public as well as writers, the word generally connotes 'long life', especially when it concerns someone or something lasting longer than expected an 'ancient tree', for example. Contents 1 History 2 Present life expectancies around the world 3 Exceptions: Populations from developing world with high life expectancy 4 Religion 5 Future 6 Non-human biological longevity 7 See also 7.1 Scientific books on longevity 8 References 9 External links History Longevity according to the psalms of the Bible was estimated on average to be threescore and ten, that is 70 years, and by reason of strength be extended to fourscore, that is 80 years.2 In addition, Solon, the famous lawgiver of Ancient Greece, in his dialogue with Croesus stated 70 as the allotted length of life for man.citation needed The longest living person as recorded in the Old Testament was Methuselah, who was said to have lived nearly a millennium. There are many organizations dedicated to exploring the causes behind aging, ways to prevent aging, and ways to reverse aging. Despite the fact that it is human nature not to wish to surrender to old age and death, a few organizations are against antiaging because they believe it sacrifices the best interests of the new generation and/or that it is unnatural and/or unethical. Others are dedicated to it, seeing it as a form of transhumanism and the pursuit of immortality. Even among those who do not wish for eternal life, longevity may be desired to experience more of life or to provide a greater contribution to humanity. A remarkable statement mentioned by Diogenes Laertius c. 250 is the earliest or at least one of the earliest references about plausible centenarian longevity given by a scientist, the astronomer Hipparchus of Nicea c.185-c.120 B.C., who, according to the doxographer, assured that the philosopher Democritus of Abdera c.470/460-c.370/360 B.C. lived 109 years. All other accounts given by the ancients about the age of Democritus appear to, without giving any specific age, agree on the fact that the philosopher lived over 100 years. This is a possibility that turns out to be likely, given the fact that many ancient Greek philosophers are thought to have lived over the age of 90 e.g., Xenophanes of Colophon, c.570/565-c.475/470 B.C., Pyrrho of Ellis, c.360-c.270 B.C., Eratosthenes of Cirene c.285-c.190 B.C., etc. and because of the difference that the case of Democritus evidences from the case of, for example, Epimenides of Crete VII, VI centuries B.C., who is said to have lived 154, 157 or 290 years, as has been said about countless elders even during the last centuries as well as in the present time. These cases are not verifiable by modern means. Present life expectancies around the world Various factors contribute to an individual's longevity. Significant factors in life expectancy include gender, genetics, access to health care, hygiene, diet and nutrition, exercise, lifestyle, and crime rates. Below is a list of life expectancies in different types of countries:3 First World: . . . 77-83 years e.g. Canada: 80.1 years, 2005 est Third World:. . . 35-60 years e.g. Mozambique: 40.3 years, 2005 est Population longevities can be seen as increasing due to increases in life expectancies around the world:43citation needed Spain:. . . . . 81.02 years in 2002, 82.31 years in 2005citation needed Australia: . . 80 years in 2002, 80.39 years in 2005citation needed Italy:. . . . . . 79.25 years in 2002, 79.68 years in 2005citation needed France: . . . .79.05 years in 2002, 79.60 years in 2005citation needed Germany: . . 77.78 years in 2002, 78.65 years in 2005citation needed UK: . . . . . . 77.99 years in 2002, 78.4 years in 2005citation needed USA: . . . . . 77.4 years in 2002, 77.7 years in 2005citation needed The current validated longevity records can be found in the list of supercentenarians. Notable individuals include: Jeanne Calment 1875-1997, 122 years and 164 days - the oldest person in history whose age has been verified by modern documentation. This defines the human lifespan, which is set by the oldest documented individual who ever lived. Shigechiyo Izumi 1865-1986, 120 years 237 days, disputed - the oldest male ever recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records; this is widely questioned by scholars, who believe that conflation of dates has occurred and this has compromised the authenticity of Izumi's age. Christian Mortensen 1882-1998, 115 years 252 days - the oldest male widely accepted by scholars. Exceptions: Populations from developing world with high life expectancy Some populations have reputation 5 6 7of producing unusual number of individuals with exceptionally high ages, for example: Okinawans, people from the mountains of Pakistan the Hunza, the inhabitants from the high mountain valley of Vilcabamba in South America, inhabitants of some regions in the Caucasus mountains. Religion This section contains weasel words, vague phrasing that often accompanies biased or information. Such statements should be clarified or removed. Further information: Longevity myths The Bible contains many accounts of long-lived humans, the oldest being Methuselah living to be 969 years old Genesis 5:27. Today some maintain that the unusually high longevity of Biblical patriarchs are the result of an error in translation: lunar cycles were mistaken for the solar ones, and that the actual ages being described would have been 12.4 times less a lunar cycle being 29.5 days. This makes Methuselah's age only 78. This rationalization, however, seems doubtful too since patriarchs such as Mahalalel Genesis 5:15 and Enoch Genesis 5:21 were said to have become fathers after 65 years. If the lunar cycle claim were accepted this would translate to an age of about 5 years and 3 months. One claim of Christian scholarswho? is that the life span of humans has changed; that originally man was to have everlasting life, but due to man's sin, God progressively shortened man's life in the four falls of mankind - first to less than 1000 years, then to under 500, 200, and eventually 120 years. After those long living people died around the time of the Biblical Flood, God decided that humans would not be permitted to live more than 120 years Genesis 6:3 However, since later biblical figures and more recent people such as Sarah lived for longer than that, 120 years should be considered the usual upper limit to man's lifespan. Some individuals can live slightly longer than that. It has been hypothesizedwho? that there is a trade-off between cancerous tumor suppression and tissue repair capacity, and that by lengthening telomeres we might slow aging and in exchange increase vulnerability to cancer Weinstein and Ciszek, 2002. Experimentation with telomeres on worms has yielded increased worm life spans by about 20% Joeng et al., 2004. Even if further study shows that telomeres specifically are not tied to aging, the concept that some sort of DNA damage can cause genetically accelerated aging cannot be abandoned, thus providing a rational explanation for longevity and a subsequent reduction of longevity post-flood. Many cultures like the Sumerians and Indus Valley also document groups of people who have lived for hundreds of years. Furthermore, starting with reformers John Calvin and Martin Luther, an alternative explanation has arisen: 120 years would not refer to man's lifespan but to the amount of time left before the flood. A more commonly accepted explanationwho? is that such stories are longevity myths; age exaggeration tends to be greater in mythical periods in many cultures; the early emperors of Japan or China often ruled for more than a century, according to tradition. With the advent of modern accountable record-keeping, age claims fell to realistic levels. Even later in the Bible King David died at 70 years; other kings in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. Future The mainstream view on the future of longevity, such as the US Census Bureau, is that life expectancy in the United States will be in the mid 80s by 2050 up from 77.85 in 2006 and will top out eventually in the low 90s, barring major scientific advances that can change the rate of human aging itself, as opposed to merely treating the effects of aging as is done today. The Census Bureau also predicted that the United States would have 5.3 million people aged over 100 in 2100.citation needed Recent increases in the rates of lifestyle diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, may however drastically slow or reverse this trend toward increasing life expectancy in the developed world. Oeppen and Vaupel see Science:1029, 2002 have observed that since 1840 record life expectancy has risen linearly for men and women, albeit more slowly for men. For women the increase has been almost three months per year. In light of steady increase, without any sign of limitation, the suggestion that life expectancy will top out must be treated with caution. Oeppen and Vaupel observe that experts who assert that life expectancy is approaching a ceiling ... have repeatedly been proven wrong. It is thought that life expectancy for women has increased more dramatically due to the considerable advances in medicine related to childbirth. Some argue that molecular nanotechnology will greatly extend human lifespans. If the rate of increase of lifespan can be raised with these technologies to a level of not three months per year, but twelve months per year, we will have achieved effective immortality. This is the goal of radical life extension. Non-human biological longevity Main article: List of long-living organisms Living: Methuselah - 4,800-year-old bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California, the oldest currently living organism known. Cheeta - a 76-year-old chimpanzee, the oldest chimpanzee known. Dead: A bristlecone pine nicknamed Prometheus, felled in the Great Basin National Park in Nevada in 1964, found to be about 4900 years old, is the longest-lived single organism known.8 A quahog clam Arctica islandica, dredged from off the coast of Iceland in 2007, was found to be from 400 to 410 years old, the oldest animal documented. Other clams of the species have been recorded as living up to 374 years.9 Tu'i Malila, a radiated tortoise presented to the Tongan royal family by Captain Cook, lived for over 185 years. It is the oldest documented reptile. Adwaitya, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise, may have lived for up to 250 years. A Bowhead Whale killed in a hunt was found to be approximately 211 years old possibly up to 245 years old, the longest lived mammal known.10 Lamellibrachia luymesi, a deep-sea cold-seep tubeworm, is estimated to reach ages of over 250 years based on a model of its growth rates.citation needed Hanako Koi Fish was the longest-lived vertebrate ever recorded at 215 years. See also Actuarial Science Biodemography Biodemography of human longevity Calorie restriction List of centenarians DNA damage theory of aging Hayflick limit Indefinite lifespan Life extension Longevity claims Lloyd Demetrius Maximum life span Mitohormesis Oldest viable seed Reliability theory of aging and longevity Resveratrol Senescence aging Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence SENS Scientific books on longevity Leonid A. Gavrilov Natalia S. Gavrilova 1991, The Biology of Life Span: A Quantitative Approach. New York: Harwood Academic Publisher, ISBN John Robbins' Healthy at 100 garners evidence from many scientific sources to account for the extraordinary longevity of Abkhasians in the Caucasus, Vilcabambans in the Andes, Hunzas in Central Asia, and Okinawans. Beyond The 120-Year Diet, by Roy L. Walford, M.D. Forever Young: A Cultural History of Longevity from Antiquity to the Present Door Lucian Boia,2004 ISBN 1861891547 References ^ longevity: Definition and Much More from Answers.com ^ Holly Bible, King James Version, Psalm 90:10 ^ a b CIA World Fact Book ^ CIA World Fact Book 2002 ^ The Anti-Aging Plan: Strategies and Recipes for Extending Your Healthy Years by Roy Walford page 27 ^ The Okinawaprogram: Learn the secrets to healthy longevity by Willcox, Willcox and Suzuki page 3 ^ Long lived populations: Extreme old age. J Am Geriatr Soc 30:485-87 ^ Carl Hall, Staying Alive, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 August 1998 ^ Bangor University: 400 year old Clam Foundretrieved 29 October 2007 BBC News: Ming the clam is 'oldest animal' retrieved 29 October 2007 ^ Rozell 2001 Bowhead Whales May Be the World's Oldest Mammals, Alaska Science Forum, Article 1529 retrieved 29 October 2007 External links American Federation for Aging Research Why We Age - A Comprehensive Anti-ageing and Longevity Resource Alliance for Aging Research New Books on Aging and Longevity Studies Longevity and Pensions, Allianz Knowledge Site, February 2008 American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine The Longevity Project International Longevity Center The Okinawa Centenarian Study Longevity and Aging of Animals Longevity Science Mechanisms of Aging Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence SENS The Calorie Restriction Society The Secrets of Long Life National Geographic magazine Longevity event International Research Centre for Healthy Ageing Longevity IRCHAL See U.S. Life Expectancy Longest Ever1on Time.com a division of Time Magazine v d e Longevity Terminology Centenarian · Supercentenarian · Maximum life span · Life extension · Life expectancy Lists Oldest people · 100 verified oldest people · 100 verified oldest men · Centenarians · National longevity recordholders · Living national longevity recordholders · Living supercentenarians · American supercentenarians · British supercentenarians · Canadian supercentenarians · Dutch supercentenarians · French supercentenarians · Nordic supercentenarians · Portuguese supercentenarians · Longevity claims · Longevity myths · Oldest validated person by year of birth · Oldest people by U.S. state · Oldest living people by U.S. state · List of life extension-related topics War-related Last surviving United States war veterans · Surviving veterans of World War I · Last surviving World War I veteran by country · Surviving veterans of the Spanish Civil War Non-human Long-living organisms · List of oldest trees See also Gerontology · Ageing Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Longevity Categories: Aging | Gerontology | Population | Demography | Socioeconomics | Supercentenarians | Human-based units of measureHidden categories: All articles with statements | Articles with statements since July 2008 | Articles with statements since January 2008 | Articles with weasel words | Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases | Articles with statements since February 2008 | Articles with statements since February 2007 Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Español Français עברית РуÑ?Ñ?кий Türkçe Tiếng Việt This page was last modified on 7 August 2008, at 01:14
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