Oldest Person (128 years, born 1880)

[The Good]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7857591.stm

This is probably the oldest person alive today, if her birth certificate is correct. Tuti Yusupova was born in 1880, and still lives to this day. She was even married in the late 19th century.

[D.B. Cooper]

Whoa. The stories she could tell.

[Cluny the Scourge]

Whoa. The stories she could tell.

You mean the stories she could try to tell, but would forget all of the important points thereof before she'd made it 30 seconds in.

[Captain Blackadder]

You mean the stories she could try to tell, but would forget all of the important points thereof before she'd made it 30 seconds in.

Not really quite a few of the oldest people alive have being with it even up to the time of their death for example the oldest man Mercado clearly remembered the American invasion of Pertuo Rico that was in 1898

[Edratman]

Too bad the woman was born in the back of beyond and probably was unaware of all the technological advances and historic happenings that the world made during her lifetime.

She was 23 when the Wright brothers made the first flight!

I remember reading about a French woman (?) who died about 1998 around the age of 125 years old. There was a nice and very interesting newspaper article listing her age at various historic events. This woman also outlived all her children, by 30 years or so. Guess that gene is a recessive.

[Acco]

Guess that gene is a recessive.

A single gene for longevity? The scientific community knows that something as complex as a lifespan is controlled by a plethora of factors, and these factors are influenced by external sources. In Georgia (the country), for example, more people live to become centenarians than anywhere else in the world. Why is that? Scientists predict that a combination of a rural enviroment, balanced diet and outdoor work or labor is what aides the growth and development of people to attain the term of centenarian or even supercentenarian. The information released about the 'longevity gene' is mostly inaccurate, as the media's attempts to summarize the scientific work for the general populace are sometimes incorrect or do not grasp the full concept; and that can be doubled with the many various ways the scientific data can be interpreted by the public.

[Dodge]

I remember reading about a French woman (?) who died about 1998 around the age of 125 years old. There was a nice and very interesting newspaper article listing her age at various historic events. This woman also outlived all her children, by 30 years or so. Guess that gene is a recessive.

I think I know who you're referring to - She met van Gogh and had a great quote in one of her interviews "I only have one wrinkle and I'm sitting on it".

[mrmouth]

Whoa. The stories she could tell.

One hundred and twenty-eight years, granted........ but in Uzbekistan?

[The Good]

One hundred and twenty-eight years, granted........ but in Uzbekistan?

Unlikely country, huh?

It's quite amazing though. I mean, 128 whole years... so much history had happened in that timeframe...

[Mar77]

That's for sure. Interesting find.

[The Good]

Before reading this, I didn't think there was anyone alive from before the 1890s... I mean, she was born in the 1880s. That's a whole decade earlier.

[CtrlAltDe1337]

She would be 34 when WWI broke out and 59 when WWII began o.O That is quite old!

[Niles Crane]

Yeah, there was an article on this last year.

[Steel of Fury]

Amazing.

[Lunar4]

she looks like shes already dead.

[Panzerbear]

now why or why does anyone would want to live past 90 anyway?

just imagine everyone you ever known in your life is long dead (and most likely along with their children). how ing bizarre.

[sumskilz]

A single gene for longevity? The scientific community knows that something as complex as a lifespan is controlled by a plethora of factors, and these factors are influenced by external sources. In Georgia (the country), for example, more people live to become centenarians than anywhere else in the world. Why is that? Scientists predict that a combination of a rural enviroment, balanced diet and outdoor work or labor is what aides the growth and development of people to attain the term of centenarian or even supercentenarian. The information released about the 'longevity gene' is mostly inaccurate, as the media's attempts to summarize the scientific work for the general populace are sometimes incorrect or do not grasp the full concept; and that can be doubled with the many various ways the scientific data can be interpreted by the public.

True, but I think Edratman was making a joke.

[Yoda Twin]

Wow this is amazing.

[Helm]

Shes knocking on a bit then.

[Markas]

Imagine if you could have got to 64 and could say to yourself 'ah well, halfway there!'