An elderly South African woman has reportedly laid claim to be the world's oldest person -- 132 years -- and an organisation representing the old is adamant the accomplishment be officially recognised.
Moloko Temo of Bochum in the country's northern Limpopo province was reportedly born on July 4, 1874 according to a government identity document issued to her in 1988, the Afrikaans-language Beeld daily said.
Temo has eight children, 29 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
She has been blind for the last 54 years and is presently wheelchair-bound, though reportedly "healthy in every other way."
Temo lives with her daughter, Evelen Temo, 78, who was apparently born when her mother was 54-years-old.
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South African woman lays claim to be the oldest on earth
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Interesring find.
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. . . . . .This is a picture of my best friend Moloko Temo showing off.
. . . . . . . . . . .. . .She's older than anyone else on Earth,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .which is bragable.
. . . . . .This is a picture of my best friend Moloko Temo showing off.
. . . . . . . . . . .. . .She's older than anyone else on Earth,
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In my opinion the oldest person to ever live was probably not documented and we'll probably never know who it was or for how long. Supposedly there was this guy back in the Middle Ages who lived into his mid-150s.
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There are supposedly lots of ridiculously long-lived people, historically. I've heard of some pretty wild claims from China, for instance. Regardless, it's already tremendously unlikely for people to live past 120. As far as I know, there are biological factors involved here that can only be stretched so far without getting into some pretty sophisticated drugs and/or genetic engineering methods.
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