最新研究發現 人類的壽命可能沒有極限

The oldest person in the world, Jeanne CAlment, may have lived to be 122 years old, but new research shows there may not be a limit to how long humans can live.

世界上最長壽的人珍妮·卡爾芒活到了122歲，不過一項新的研究顯示，人類的壽命可能沒有極限。

This new study, published in Nature, stands in direct contrast to an Albert Einstein College of Medicine study in the same publication just last year that found the upper limit of how long humans can live is approximately 115 years.

這項新研究發表在《自然》雜誌上，與去年同樣發表在這個雜誌上的阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦醫學院的一篇文章的結論剛好相反，當時的研究發現，人類壽命的上限大約是115歲。

For their study, McGill University biologists examined the lifespans of the longest-living people in France, the U.K., Japan and the United States, beginning with the year 1968 and for every year thereafter.

加拿大麥吉爾大學的生物學家對從1968年至今的法國、英國、日本和美國的長壽老人的壽命進行了重新分析。

"We just don't know what the age limit might be," study author Siegfried Hekimi, a McGill University biologist, said in a statement. "In fact, by extending trend lines, we can show that maximum and average lifespans, could continue to increase far into the foreseeable future."

該研究報告的作者、麥吉爾大學一位名叫西格弗裏德·赫基米的生物學家在一份聲明中表示：“我們不知道年齡的極限是多少。事實上，通過擴展趨勢線，我們能夠看出，人類的最長壽命和平均壽命存在繼續增加的可能。”

Here's an example: The average newborn in 1920 in Canada, for instance, was expected to live to just 60 years old. That number has jumped to 82 years old for a Canadian child born today.

舉例來說，1920年加拿大的新生兒平均年齡只有60歲。而今天出生的加拿大孩子，這個數字已經上升到了82歲。

This new research, of course, doesn't mean that immortality is achievable. But the fact people are living this long today might perplex our ancestors.

當然，這項研究並不是說人可以長生不老，但是人們可以活到這麼久的這個事實可能會讓我們的祖先困惑。

"Three hundred years ago, many people lived short lives," Hekimi said in the same statement. "If we would have told them that one day most might live up to 100, they would have said we were crazy."

赫基米在這則聲明中表示：“300年前，許多人的壽命都很短。如果我們告訴他們，有一天大多數人都能活到100歲，他們會覺得我們瘋了。”

As for how you can live longer, countless studies are out there on how to increase your longevity.

至於怎麼能夠活的久一點兒，會有數不清的研究告訴你延長壽命的方法。