Experts say living past 120 may become the norm, with the limit of our lifespan “still far away”.
Image via UnsplashPeople could reach the age of 140 before this century is over.
According to the Sun, scientists say some of those born in the 1950s are on course to keep living on, due to developments in modern medicine.
Experts now say living past 120 could soon become the norm, with women in Japan possibly living to 145.
Better public health and a safer world could also help see the record broken often in the decades ahead.
They arrived at their conclusion by studying data from 19 rich countries, including the UK.
Dr David McCarthy said people born from 1900 to 1950 were already “experiencing unprecedented death postponement”.
The oldest person in the world so far is believed to have been Ms Jeanne Calment, who was reported to have reached the age of 122 years and 164 days, although some experts are sceptical about this.
For 25 years, no one else in the world has reached that age.
Charlotte Hughes, who was born in August 1877 and died in March 1993 is the longest-lived person ever documented in the UK, having reached the age of 115 years and 228 days.
She credited cups of tea for her longevity, and was the oldest person to fly, at age 115 in 1992, when she took a seat on Concorde.
The oldest person in Ireland was Katherine Snavley, who died when she was 113 years old!
