I found this list quite interesting.
Since I understood that the 'Hunzars' who lived the simple life, in the Caucasian mountains were the longest lived.
I did'nt expect longevity to be found living within the 'modern polluted West'
1..122 years, 164 days : Jeanne Calment (France) Feb. 21, 1875 - Aug. 04, 1997
2..119 years, 097 days : Sarah Knauss (U.S. (PA)) Sept. 24, 1880 - Dec. 30, 1999
3..117 years, 248 days : Lucy Hannah (U.S. (AL)) July 16, 1875 - Mar. 21, 1993
4..117 years, 230 days : Marie-Louise Meilleur (Canada (QUE)) Aug. 29, 1880 - Apr. 16, 1998
5..116 years, 347 days : Maria Esther Capovilla (Ecuador) Sept. 14, 1889 - Aug. 27, 2006
6..116 years, 175 days : Tane Ikai (Japan) Jan. 18, 1879 - July 12, 1995
7..116 years, 00+ days : Elizabeth Bolden (U.S. (TN.)) Aug. 15, 1890 - fl. Sept. 2006
8..115 years, 319 days : Maggie Barnes (U.S. (NC)) Mar. 06, 1882 - Jan. 19 1998
9..115 years, 252 days : Christian Mortensen (Denmark) Aug. 16, 1882 - Apr. 25, 1998
10..115 years, 228 days : Charlotte Hughes (England (UK)) Aug. 01, 1877 - Mar. 17, 1993
Oldest Still Living Female.
116 years + : Elizabeth Bolden (U.S. (TN.)) Aug. 15, 1890 - [fl. Sept. 2006]
Oldest Still Living Male.
115 years + : Emiliano Mercado Del Toro (Puerto Rico) Aug. 21, 1891 - [fl. Sept. 2006]
***Thoughts
I wonder what would be considered more important:
Their diet, or their Genes?
