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Our life span could have reached its peak

People use wooden dumbbells during a health promotion event to mark Japan's "Respect for the Aged Day" at a temple in Tokyo's Sugamo district, an area popular among the Japanese elderly, September 15, 2014. The population aged over 65 in Japan reaches about 33 million, which is the highest number in the history meaning one out of every four people is 65 or older, according to the government survey. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH SPORT) - RTR467JR

“Data strongly suggest that it [maximum longevity] has already been attained and that this happened in the 1990s.” Image: REUTERS/Yuya Shino

Dom Galeon
Writer, Futurism
Patrick Caughill
Associate Editor, Futurism
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