What Brazil's supercentenarians can teach us about living to 120
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Brazil may have one of the world's highest concentrations of supercentenarians, with nearly 200 centenarians including more than 20 aged over 110 studied by researchers at the University of São Paulo. About 70 percent are women, and genetic analysis suggests smaller body size may require less energy and cumulative cellular damage over a lifetime.
The research is observational and ongoing; the mechanisms explaining longevity remain incompletely understood.
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