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Ancient Tajikistan Rock Shelter Sheds Light on 130,000-Year-Old Human Migration
A newly discovered rock shelter in Tajikistan’s Zeravshan Valley shows evidence of repeated human occupation over 130,000 years. The site contains artifacts from Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens, suggesting it may have been a migration hub. Archaeologists believe the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor (IAMC) in Central Asia served as a migra...
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Tech Millionaire Claims Longevity Pill Cured A Cancer-Stricken Dog, Says Human Trial Next
He also revealed that the scientists behind this innovative medication are planning to conduct human clinical trials next.
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How Long Can A Human Live? Debate Reignited After Oldest Person Dies
The death of the world's oldest person at the age of 118 has reignited a debate that has divided scientists for centuries: is there a limit on how long a healthy human can live?
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Here's What Will Determine Your Life Expectancy
Looking at 400 million people born between 1800 and 1920, whose information had been collected from public family trees in Ancestry.com, investigator Graham Ruby found that only about 10 percent of human longevity is inherited.
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Here's How Much Longer You'd Live If There Was No Air Pollution In India
Ambient air pollution shortens an average Indian's life by over 1.5 years, say scientists who suggest that better air quality could lead to a significant extension of human lifespan around the world.
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How Long Can We Live? New Study Questions A Limit To Human Life Span
Jeanne Louise Calment lived for 122 years and 164 days, the oldest verified age of any person, ever. Her interviews revealed a portrait of the centenarian in high spirits: "I've only ever had one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it," she told reporters when she turned 110.
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Scientists Have Identified The Gene That May Increase Life Span By 10 Years
Scientists have identified a genetic mutation - found in an Indiana Amish family - that may extend life by up to ten years, and are now testing an experimental "longevity" drug that recreates the effect.
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How to do Pranayam: Yoga Breathing Exercises You Must Include in Your Routine
Respiration is closely tied to the heart and the quality of your heart health directly affects the span of your life.
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Maximum Human Lifespan Already Achieved: Study
It may not be possible to extend the human life span beyond the ages already attained by the oldest people on record, a new study has found.
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The Brief Life And Mysterious Death Of What May Have Been The World's Largest Snake
Oh giant snake, we hardly knew ye. In a span of three days, humans managed to find what might have been the longest snake in the world, capture it, kick it and watch it die.
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Blog: Road Safety Must Remain A National Priority
It has been heartening that in a country where safety on the road seemingly didn't matter to anyone, is now front and centre. And it has all happened in a relatively short span of about 10 months. Is it simply that in a country teeming with millions, like society we as individuals also had no value of human life?
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Simple measures increase life expectancy
Simple, cost effective public health measures could lengthen the average human life span by five to 10 years, according to the latest World Health Organization's annual review of global health.
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Ancient Tajikistan Rock Shelter Sheds Light on 130,000-Year-Old Human Migration
A newly discovered rock shelter in Tajikistan’s Zeravshan Valley shows evidence of repeated human occupation over 130,000 years. The site contains artifacts from Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens, suggesting it may have been a migration hub. Archaeologists believe the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor (IAMC) in Central Asia served as a migra...
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Tech Millionaire Claims Longevity Pill Cured A Cancer-Stricken Dog, Says Human Trial Next
He also revealed that the scientists behind this innovative medication are planning to conduct human clinical trials next.
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How Long Can A Human Live? Debate Reignited After Oldest Person Dies
The death of the world's oldest person at the age of 118 has reignited a debate that has divided scientists for centuries: is there a limit on how long a healthy human can live?
-
Here's What Will Determine Your Life Expectancy
Looking at 400 million people born between 1800 and 1920, whose information had been collected from public family trees in Ancestry.com, investigator Graham Ruby found that only about 10 percent of human longevity is inherited.
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Here's How Much Longer You'd Live If There Was No Air Pollution In India
Ambient air pollution shortens an average Indian's life by over 1.5 years, say scientists who suggest that better air quality could lead to a significant extension of human lifespan around the world.
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How Long Can We Live? New Study Questions A Limit To Human Life Span
Jeanne Louise Calment lived for 122 years and 164 days, the oldest verified age of any person, ever. Her interviews revealed a portrait of the centenarian in high spirits: "I've only ever had one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it," she told reporters when she turned 110.
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Scientists Have Identified The Gene That May Increase Life Span By 10 Years
Scientists have identified a genetic mutation - found in an Indiana Amish family - that may extend life by up to ten years, and are now testing an experimental "longevity" drug that recreates the effect.
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How to do Pranayam: Yoga Breathing Exercises You Must Include in Your Routine
Respiration is closely tied to the heart and the quality of your heart health directly affects the span of your life.
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Maximum Human Lifespan Already Achieved: Study
It may not be possible to extend the human life span beyond the ages already attained by the oldest people on record, a new study has found.
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The Brief Life And Mysterious Death Of What May Have Been The World's Largest Snake
Oh giant snake, we hardly knew ye. In a span of three days, humans managed to find what might have been the longest snake in the world, capture it, kick it and watch it die.
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Blog: Road Safety Must Remain A National Priority
It has been heartening that in a country where safety on the road seemingly didn't matter to anyone, is now front and centre. And it has all happened in a relatively short span of about 10 months. Is it simply that in a country teeming with millions, like society we as individuals also had no value of human life?
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Simple measures increase life expectancy
Simple, cost effective public health measures could lengthen the average human life span by five to 10 years, according to the latest World Health Organization's annual review of global health.
