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World's oldest human turns 116

Ethel Caterham, 116, today celebrates her birthday in Lightwater, England. Born on 21 August 1909, she is the oldest human ...
Ethel Caterham, born in 1909, has become the world's oldest living person at 116. Her life spans significant historical ...
The Orozmani site in the country of Georgia revealed the oldest human remains found outside Africa, shedding light on the ...
Scientists discovered signs of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens on a 140,000-year-old skull; 'This is the ...
An international team from Tel Aviv University and France’s National Centre for Scientific Research announced that a reanalysis of a child’s skull from Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel in Israel provided ...
Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed the oldest human face in Western Europe. The civilization possibly predated Homo erectus 1.8 million years ago and has drastic implications in science.
After the death of Lucile Randon, the world's oldest known living person is an American-born woman, 115-year-old Maria Branyas Morera.
Scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest evidence of human-Neanderthal interbreeding: a 140,000-year-old child from ...
Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the oldest Homo sapiens DNA ever documented, scientists say.
This would mean that the oldest human was 24 years older than what we have previously even thought possible for aging. And in a world filled with people obsessed with living forever, people are ...