CAN WE LIVE FOREVER?
Mar 18, 2021
4 minutes
Words by Scott Dutfield
Ageing is a fact of life we can’t escape no matter how hard we try, though as a species we’re getting better at prolonging the process. For the first time in human history, the global average life expectancy is above 70 years old. In comparison, back in 1950 the global average was only 45 years old. We can predominantly thank the advancement of medicine for letting us live longer, but at what point do we stop growing and start ageing?
It’s generally understood that once we surpass sexual maturity in our late 20s we make the transition from developing into ageing,
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