She was the last person born in the 1800s, however there are only two people left born in the 19th century (20th century began in 1901)
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Brown[/url]
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabi_Tajima[/url]
[QUOTE=Ctrl;52108873]Was this the oldest recorded person, or was there someone in history that lived more than her?[/QUOTE]
there are very, [i]very[/i] dubious claims of a 256 year old chinese man
[url]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen[/url]
Sad news for everyone but the worlds former second oldest living person
Weird to think that when she was my age, it would have only been 1921. The Great War would have been a recent memory, the Great Depression was still many years away, and Italian women would be granted suffrage 24 years in the future.
[QUOTE=Arc Nova;52109725]Yeah everybody's different for sure. Jeanne Clement's wiki article states that she smoked from the age of 21 to 117, switching from cigars to no more than two cigarettes a day. In my great-great grandmothers case she smoked and drank pretty heavily everyday but still managed to live a healthy life up until 103.
Maybe the liquor and cigarettes helped preserve her :v:
[editline]15th April 2017[/editline]
Speaking of diets; I read this article from NatGeo one day talking about how we should be eating the diets our ancestors ate if we want to live healthier lives. In the article they explain how people moving from countries in Asia to America see an increase in cancer due to the radically different diets and their bodies just simply aren't used to the new types of food.
[url]http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/[/url][/QUOTE]
I think that's confusing the diets of what we were raised with changing dramatically later in life. It's similar how people can become allergic to things very easily if they were never exposed to them as a child. That's just my guess, anyway.
[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;52109940]there are very, [I]very[/I] dubious claims of a 256 year old chinese man
[URL]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen[/URL][/QUOTE]
Not that this needs debunking but you would have way more confirmed lifespans greater than the current records before you'd ever get something like this. The wiki article on supercentenarians says ~1 in 1,000 people over the age of 100 live to be 110.
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;52108922]I knew a 104 year old who jogged every morning and worked on his truck by himself. Some people just stay spry their whole lives.[/QUOTE]
It heavily depends on how you take care of yourself up until that point, though, obviously
Even your mental health. You have to keep your mind active. So many people in the US throw their family in a senior community/nursing home where they get no stimulation except laying around all day
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;52109878]She was the last person born in the 1800s, however there are only two people left born in the 19th century (20th century began in 1901)[/QUOTE]
Why is the 20th century said to have started in 1901?
[QUOTE=Mr. Sarcastic;52114120]Why is the 20th century said to have started in 1901?[/QUOTE]
I'm assuming it's because there is no 0 AD, but 1 AD, and the first century wouldn't have truly began until 101 AD
[QUOTE=Mr. Sarcastic;52114120]Why is the 20th century said to have started in 1901?[/QUOTE]
For the same reason the 21st century didn't begin until 2001.
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