According to a paper published in journal , there is no compelling evidence that we are approaching an upper limit on our mortality or at the very least, that such a limit may be considerably higher than 115 years. The passing of the oldest known human being in the world –the demise of a 122-year old intrigued scientists to delve deeper into the science behind human life span.The concept of maximum life span came into existence wherein scientists decided to find out exactly how long humans can live.

Human longevity has long since been a subject garnering immense curiosity despite a major study concluding that humans may have reached their maximum life span, arguing that the maximum reported human age at death had apparently generally plateaued at about 115. A demographer argued that the prior work relied on an outdated version of the…