2006-06-20 16:17:13 · 13 answers · asked by shanetrumble 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
According to the Bible:
Genesis 5:27: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
makes me envious =]
2006-06-20 17:18:39 · answer #1 · answered by smashingly.smashing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Guinness Book of World Records lists the oldest age ever reached by anyone as 122 years.
Although, "Brazilian Said to Be 125 May Be the Oldest Woman: Guinness World Records Is Currently Researching Maria Olivia da Silva's Longevity Claim" --
by Stan Lehman, AP Staff Writer
March 3, 2005; São Paulo, BRAZIL ( AP) -- An elderly woman living in a small, wooden shack in rural Southern Brazil could be the world's oldest living woman, according to a Brazilian record-keeping organization. Maria Olivia da Silva, who recently celebrated her 125th birthday, "is definitely the oldest living woman in Brazil and possibly in the entire world," said Iolete Cadari, Administrative Director of RankBrasil , this country's equivalent to the Guinness World Records. "Da Silva's Birth Certificate shows that she was born February 28, 1880 in the city of Itapetininga, São Paulo State.
2006-06-20 16:38:15 · answer #2 · answered by shepardj2005 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Methuselah lived 969 years.
2006-06-20 16:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by meditavi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus lived 2006 years, Methuselah comes in second at 969.
2006-06-20 16:29:30 · answer #4 · answered by David L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oldest people are still living and most of them are around 115 but rarely exceeding that... documented proof of age after 115 has never been found on someone... though it doesnt mean people havent lived to be 120+.
2006-06-20 16:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by ambidextrousartist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Methuselah lived to be 969 years old. I don't think I know of anyone older than that.
2006-06-20 16:49:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever heard the expression, As old as Methuselah? According to the book of Genesis, he lived to be nine hundred and sixty nine years old .
2006-06-20 16:30:46 · answer #7 · answered by jim d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
122. A Frenchwoman by the name of Jeanne Louise Calment. She was born in 1875 and died in 1997.
2006-06-20 16:21:01 · answer #8 · answered by Sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard that some guy in italy lived to be 122. he secret was drinking red wine everyday. I think that scwhite is right.
2006-06-21 13:12:59 · answer #9 · answered by boricua82991 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
121 years old
2006-06-20 16:20:39 · answer #10 · answered by glcguerra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋