![Jeanne Calment, who lived to be 122, in a photo taken in 1995.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/FQJCWARNMJNUTGU7PHYSMCATPQ.jpg?auth=23321ee0b24b589fa6eee16abaa155a27b240a1f4650d94c1acad72a422e60c8&width=414&height=233&focal=330%2C122)
Can human beings really live to be 150?
Richard Faragher|
Average life expectancy is relatively easy to calculate but estimating what the maximum limit of a human lifespan could be is considerably more difficult
Average life expectancy is relatively easy to calculate but estimating what the maximum limit of a human lifespan could be is considerably more difficult