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Immortality sure is a pipe dream but living close to one and half centuries may be a possibility for humans, new research has suggested.
According to a report by Scientific American, researchers have been trying to find out how long humans can live if they do not contract any fatal disease, die in an accident, or anything else that cuts short our lives prematurely. They suggested that the maximum life span for human beings hovers somewhere between 120 and 150 years, considering the person goes through life with minimum stressors.
No one can live longer than 150 years because the human body’s capacity to restore equilibrium to its many structural and metabolic systems wanes away with time. The research findings published in the journal Nature Communications on May 25, explained that even if obvious hazards do not take one’s life, the eventual loss of resilience does.
Heather Whitson, Director, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University, said: “They are asking the question of ‘What’s the longest life that could be lived by a human complex system if everything else went really well, and it’s in a stressor-free environment?’ The team’s results point to an underlying pace of aging that sets the limits on lifespan.”
