--- title: "Humans Could Definitely Live to 130, Scientists Say" description: "According to a new study published in the Royal Society Open Science journal, humans could likely live until at least 130." date: "2021-09-30" modified: "2021-09-30" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/humans-live-130-scientists" categories: - "Health & Medicine" - "Studies" tags: - "Aging" - "aging research" --- # Humans Could Definitely Live to 130, Scientists Say ![]() *\Image: Getty Images\* According to a [new study]() published in the *Royal Society Open Science* journal, humans could technically live until at least 130. The researchers also found that past a certain point, the risk of dying as a supercentenarian plateaus, and remains constant at a 50/50 chance of dying within a given year. The implication, seemingly, is that sufficiently advanced medicine could provide many people with Methuselah-esque lifespans. "Beyond age 110 one can think of living another year as being almost like flipping a fair coin," Anthony Davison, lead researcher and professor of statistics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), [told *Agence France-Presse*](). "If it comes up heads, then you live to your next birthday, and if not, then you will die at some point within the next year," he added. While the researchers had to extrapolate from existing analyses to come to their conclusions — Davison noted that all old age studies "will involve extrapolation" — they are pretty certain that humans should be able to make it to the age of 130. "We were able to show that if a limit below 130 years exists, we should have been able to detect it by now using the data now available," Davison told *AFP*, adding that if you're already 110, the chances of living until 130 are "about one in a million." Davison believes the first person could reach 130 within the century. "But in the absence of major medical and social advances, ages much over this are highly unlikely ever to be observed," he said. ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()