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That's an interesting piece of news. I could not understand why Guiness World Records aren't able to verify the age of this supposedly decagenarian? Do they r
by monsterix 14y ago
That's an interesting piece of news. I could not understand why Guiness World Records aren't able to verify the age of this supposedly decagenarian?
Do they really rely only on a piece of paper to confirm age? I believe not. It shouldn't be hard to estimate the age of anyone accurately given the available options and technology? And isn't it true that in some parts of the world even today birth certificates are not in widespread use?
- cleverjake 14y agoI don't understand what you mean. How would you verify the age of a person outside of official documents?
- jewel 14y agoI imagine you could do a rough verification via medical means. From what I understand there isn't a perfect method to determine the age of a person other than looking at the wear on teeth and bones, but that might be enough to expose a fraud.
- monsterix 14y agoLike continue to use the denial card for publicity? I thought so.
- hartror 14y agoWe have well documented progressions in physiology for age estimates of younger people[1]. Though these are quite inaccurate, as recent cases of Indonesian child sailors jailed in Australia as adults have shown. I would think the uncertainty would only grow with age as different lifestyles wear bodies in drastically different ways. [1] bones and teeth change throughout childhood and into early adulthood as a normal part of growth.
- monsterix 14y agoHmm a quick search showed that one cannot easily determine age using genetics [1]. Although the article is from 2004 it would be really interesting to know what the options are in 2013. Answers 24andme? [1] http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask8 http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask8
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- fallous 14y agoObviously the solution is to cut off an appendage and count the growth rings.