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means The later stage of a person's life, when they are old and the body and mind show the wear of many years.
from "Old" descends from Old English eald, sharing deep Germanic roots (a cousin of Dutch oud and German alt), and ultimately traces to a Proto-Indo-European source meaning "to grow, nourish" — the same root that fed Latin alere (to nourish) and altus (high, grown tall). "Age" arrived via Old French aage from Latin aetas, "a period of life," itself worn down from aevum, "lifetime, eternity." So buried in the phrase is a quiet truth: old age is simply the full measure of having grown.
- brain perk
- emotional regulation often peaks after sixty
- shrinkage
- you lose up to two inches in height
- taste fades
- taste buds drop from 9,000 to fewer
- the cutoff
- max human lifespan stalls near 122 years
- happiness curve
- contentment dips midlife, then rises again
jeanne calment — french person who lived to 122 years old, oldest verified person ever (1875-1997)
blue zones — five regions where people regularly live past 100: okinawa, sardinia, nicoya peninsula, ikaria, loma linda