What was the oldest age achieved by a human in modern times?

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I'm told it was some Frenchwoman who lived up to 115 but I traveled to Malaysia recently and there's a story about some well-known freedom fighter called Met Kilao who fought the British colonial forces way back in 1880s (when he was in his 30s) and later surfaced in the 1970s, making him like 120+! He was supposedly identified by his birthmarks. Apparently he was still a wanted man so he stayed low until he felt the time was right to declare who he was.

Shansi · Accepted Answer

Well, a lot of people are claimed to be very old (in some parts of China and Asia). The problem is that their claims are very difficult to verify due to poor paper work.

Jeanne Calment - a french woman lived up to 120 years old.

At the moment, Jiroemon Kimura - a Japanese, is the world's oldest, verifiable living man.

What was the oldest age achieved by a human in modern times?

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