BBC reports odds of living older than 115 so high you'd have to scour 10k Earth's

The article says the maximum age a human can live is about 115.

It states:
"a rare few may live longer, but the odds are so poor you'd have to scour 10,000 planet Earth's to find just one 125 year old."

Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment lived to 122 - the oldest verified.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._oldest_people

I always thought (in time) people would live longer and longer and break such records but it seems there is a scientific/biological limit...?

How do we think they worked out this 10,000 Earth's stat? 10,000 x 7 billion (world population) - 1 in how many people will live to 125 ??
 
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