This comes from another thread, but I wanted to hear what people think of this phenomenon.
E.g. the Caucasus people who claim to be EXTREMELY old.
I just read an article about an English man who is very old - 112 I think. In his case this is verifiable because births were registered by state officials.
But I remember reading on the back of Kefir packages (lol) that there are people in the Caucasus who become 150 years old.... etc. Apparently in Caucasus there are also graves of people who become 150 years old...
Does anybody have information about this?
Can the super-old Caucasians be trusted?
I think most of Western Europe don't trust them because the birth dates were not recorded (?) in a reliable way. However the people who doubt the claims may not be familiar with traditions, language etc of the Caucasus - they could be biased.