Humans have extended their lives more in the past 100 years than in the previous 200,000, says a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Here’s how the authors broke down the astonishing rise of the 21st century’s gerontocracy:
Humans have extended their lives more in the past 100 years than in the previous 200,000, says a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Here’s how the authors broke down the astonishing rise of the 21st century’s gerontocracy:
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If the authors are right, and today’s aging populations become even older, then the current global pension crises are just a foretaste of what’s to come.
