The oldest person to ever live, Jeanne Calment reached the age of 122 before dying in her hometown of Arles, France in 1997.

A TINY retired brick layer claims to be the oldest person on Earth after apparently celebrating his 125th birthday. Marcelino “Mashico” Abad Tolentino, who is just 4ft 2in tall, beamed ...

Maria Branyas lived to be a whopping 117 years old and ticked many of the boxes for longevity, according to researchers. Branyas carried several unique genetic variations that may have helped her live ...

The title for the world's oldest person to have ever lived — by verifiable age — is held by Jeanne Louise Calment of France, for a life of 122 years and 164 days (1875-1997).

If Mashico's age is verified, he would smash both those records, as well as that of the oldest person ever to have lived. The oldest officially-verified age a human has reached is 122 years and ...

The Taliban is investigating an Afghan man's claim that he is 140 years old - which would make him the oldest person ever to have lived. Aqel Nazir, who lives in the country's eastern Khost ...

When Maria Branyas Morera, the world’s oldest living person, died last year aged 117, she drew a frenzy of commentators ...

A study of a woman who died in 2024 as the oldest person on Earth attempts to untangle the factors that enable some people to ward off disease in old age.

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness ... s textile factory during World War II. She lived alone in Nara after her husband died in 1979.

The current oldest living cat, however, has celebrated what is reportedly her 30th birthday, meaning that she was born in 1995. If accurate, not only has she seen plenty of the best cat treats over ...

Ben Meyers heard about a Japanese woman believed to be the world’s oldest barber at 106. So he sent a colleague to her salon outside of Tokyo for a haircut. He wanted to know if Shitsui Hakoishi ...

By the end of that year, all the Buffalo Soldier units were disbanded. Matthews would be the oldest Buffalo Soldier living until his death at age 111. He was interred at Arlington National ...