[–] derram 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
History’s oldest woman a fraud? Russian researchers claim 122-year-old Jeanne Calment was actually a 99-year-old imposter | National Post
'France’s Jeanne Calment, widely recognized as history’s oldest woman upon her death at age 122, may have actually been a 99-year-old imposter, according to an explosive new theory being pushed by Russian researchers. '
'According to a paper written by mathematician Nikolay Zak and supported by gerontologist Valery Novoselov, the real Jeanne Calment died in 1934 at the age of 59. '
'It’s preposterous.”To date, only one public claim of Calment as an imposter appears to predate the Zak paper. '
'Calment would not be the first supercentenarian whose true age has been called into question due to falsified identity. '
' However, a later investigation annulled the claim when it found that Joubert had simply been mistaken for his same-named father. '
[–] Tallest_Skil 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago
Not comparatively. We have many supercentenarians now. Not nearly enough, though.
[–] Flirp 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Always thought she looked great being 122 years old. Met a cat that was 22 years old and he literally looked like a walking corpse that crawled out of it's grave. Just thinking logically a 122 year old should look the same.