Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is a person verified to have reached the age of 110 years or more. The 110+ threshold and term were popularized chiefly by L. Stephen Coles, founder of the Gerontology Research Group, with demographer James Vaupel contributing complementary validation work through MPIDR and the International Database on Longevity. The cohort numbers only a few hundred globally at any time and is studied for genetic resilience, late-life morbidity compression, and as a benchmark against unverified age claims.