Longevity is a concept that evokes both fear and awe. Legends and myths about long-living individuals and elixirs promising immortality are universal, as is the underlying discomfort of the inevitability of death. Various religious allegories and traditional stories across cultures have mentioned figures who lived to extraordinary ages, many of whom also held spiritual or societal power. Part of the fascination with longevity is the almost superhuman allure that has been created by these stories…

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