Supercentenarians And The Quest For A Modern Day Methuselah

Sunday, June 6, 2010 - 08:51 in Paleontology & Archaeology

An international research team has gathered a database of the oldest people in the world - those who lived beyond their 110th birthday, and while searching for these 'supercentenarians' and trying to find accurate documentation of their age, they also documented the personal histories and wisdom of those who long-lived folks. The result; a book called "Supercentenarians" and  coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock/Germany. read more

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