About LongeviQuest
LongeviQuest is the global authority on maximum human longevity. The LongeviQuest Directory is the premier database on the life and times of the world’s oldest people. We admire the strength and wisdom of the people we research, and we created this platform to share their stories. Our international organization has united expert age validators worldwide who previously worked apart. The LongeviQuest Global Validation Commission maintains validation standards and accredits researchers. Beyond that, LongeviQuest empowers local researchers who are best equipped to conduct research in accordance with conditions in their countries. In addition to the work of our own researchers, LongeviQuest recognizes research conducted by Accredited Partners, notably the European Supercentenarian Organisation (ESO).
1873
Birth of the Superlongevity Field
1898
First Validated Supercentenarian
1902
First Validated Female Supercentenarian
1955
Start of Guinness World Records Tracking
1990
Calment Sets Age Record
2012
Kimura Sets Male Age Record
2022
Founding of LongeviQuest
Meet the Researchers
Our Mission Statement
“We want everyone involved. Bottom up not top down. LongeviQuest will succeed by being the most modern, most inclusive, most accurate, most scientific, most democratic, most meritocratic, fairest, and most efficient superlongevity research organization in the world.” – LongeviQuest Founder Ben Meyers
Declaration of Political Neutrality
LongeviQuest and the Global Validation Commission are apolitical entities. Neither LongeviQuest nor the Global Validation Commission are empowered to render decisions on matters of state. As such, LongeviQuest identifies the nations of the world – and their borders – as those nations recognized as States by the United Nations. In our dealings with all persons, LongeviQuest operates in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 2: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.”