Pushing the Bounds of Human Longevity
On June 20, 1785, a farmer named Eilif Philipsen died in his hometown of Kinsarvik, Norway – an unremarkable event except that Philipsen was the first documented human centenarian, dying one day short of 103 years. While Philipsen was something of an anomaly in his lifetime, his achievement has been duplicated so often in the … Read more