Humans have reached their lifespan limit, researchers say

Story highlights New research suggests humans have reached their maximum lifespan While we're living longer than 100 years ago, the increase has recently reached a plateau CNN — Humans can only live so long and we’re reaching the natural biological limit, researchers say in a report published in Nature. In a statement released by the university, Vijg says that while “there is no reason to think that the ongoing increase in maximum lifespan will end soon,” the data strongly suggests that it’s “already been attained and that this happened in the 1990s.” The countries with the secret to long life The report says that if a human lifespan was extended beyond 125 years, it would require other scientific interventions beyond improving someone’s health. “Clearly if we’re seeing someone who’s 100 years old they were born 100 years ago – in 1916 – and the conditions there were completely different than those faced by babies being born now.” “There was loads of infection diseases, there was war, the quality of food wasn’t good – you can go on and on,” Partridge adds. She says the living conditions were much harsher than those now, “so we can’t really project babies who are being born right now.” Director of the UK-based Biogerontology Research Foundation Alex Zhavoronkov agreed the report is “scientifically sound,” but told CNN “there is every reason to believe that with more serious interventions into the biology of aging, we can live substantially longer.” Despite living conditions being better than they were 100 years ago, Partridge also raised concerns about children growing up now.