/channels/news_feeds/all/term/average%20lifespan/rss en /channels/channels/news/no-detectable-limit-how-long-people-can-live-268769 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Emma Morano passed away last April. At 117 years old, the Italian woman was the oldest known living human being.</p> <p>Super- centenarians, such as Morano and Jeanne Calment of France, who famously lived to be 122 years old, continue to fascinate scientists and have led them to wonder just how long humans can live. A study published in <em>Nature</em> last October concluded that the upper limit of human age is peaking at around 115 years.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/mcgill-study-v2.png?itok=v51L5gU3" width="160" height="80" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:41:12 +0000 webfull 129025 at /channels