Maria Branyas Morera, the world's oldest person, passed away peacefully on August 19, 2024, at the age of 117 years and 168 ...

Iichi Marumo started competing in his late 80s, after a life spent farming, publishing poetry and volunteering to fly in a ...

A 102-year-old woman is thought to be one of the oldest people to have been fitted with a new hip in the UK. Joy Palfreman, from Exmouth, had the surgery at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton and ...

A Brazilian nun is now the oldest person alive. Born on May 23, 1908, Tomiko Itooka became Japan's longest-living person in December 2023 following the death of 116-year-old Fusa Tatsumi in ...

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...

Douglas Follett, Glacier National Park’s oldest and longest-serving park ranger, died on Sunday, March 2. He was 98 years old ...

A 108-year-old Japanese woman has been honoured by the Guinness World Records as the “world’s oldest female barber”, having dedicated 94 years to her craft and continues to inspire many on ...

When an employee told her on Aug. 21 that she is set to be recognized as the world’s oldest living person, Itooka replied in a steady voice, “Thank you,” according to the nursing home.

The horseshoe crab is one of the oldest creatures alive today, with a history stretching back more than 450 million years. This ancient species predates the dinosaurs, and it has hardly changed ...

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The bones are the oldest human fossils discovered in Western Europe, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature. The team uncovered the remains—an upper jawbone and a ...