What a new twins study reveals about genes, environment and longevity
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February 7, 2026
Why do some people live to 100 while their sibling dies decades earlier? Is it luck, lifestyle, or something written into their DNA? Relative to many other species, humans are particularly long-lived, but there is an ongoing argument about how much of our long lifespan is shaped by our genes and how much to our environment. It's the old "nature versus nurture" debate.
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