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Who is the oldest person alive in 2023? Scientists ‘find maximum age of life’

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Scientists have put a ceiling on human lifespan at 115 years, but some supercentenarians managed to reach beyond this cut-off.

Research conducted in found that the maximum life for a woman is 115.7 years and 114.1 years for a man. The data was gathered from 75,000 who have died in

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