New twin‑study research finds that, after removing deaths from accidents and infections, genes account for about 50% of human ...

What determines how long we live—and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades, scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low ...

Putting aside the risk of an early grave by accident or injury, your genes may have a much greater impact on your lifespan ...

Longevity, the authors estimated, was about 25 percent heritable, meaning the remaining three quarters was determined by ...

A new study suggests that lifespan might be 50% heritable — although for now, it's hard to know if the finding applies across diverse populations.

Heritability isn't a fixed biological property but a measure that depends entirely on the population and circumstances you're ...

New research challenges the view that human life span depends mostly on lifestyle. Genes may account for half the factors ...

Although some genes linked to life span have been identified, external environmental forces, such as disease or living ...

Earlier studies have estimated that life span may be 15-33 per cent heritable across varied populations, with a typical range ...

New study into ‘heritability’ shows that 50% of the variation in human lifespan could be down to genetics ...