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A lot of cultures are telling stories of people over 200 years old. It's remarkable that those stories have some things in common. For example live span decrea
by huuu 10y ago
A lot of cultures are telling stories of people over 200 years old.
It's remarkable that those stories have some things in common. For example live span decreases after a 'big flood' or another big event.
So some people think that climate also might account for how long we live.
And even today some people claim to be very old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity_claims https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity_claims
- user_0001 10y agoI would content a lot of cultures are not very good at recording age
- Retric 10y agoI think the much more reasonable explanation is people always tell tall tales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan PS: Consider, if people are having kids at 12-15, then at 100 someone might be your great, great, great, great, great, grandparent. Why they must be 200 ;0