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 ...

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.

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Earlier studies have estimated that life span may be 15-33 per cent heritable across varied populations, with a typical range of 20-25 per cent.

So you're not a "10" in every which way. But you're probably pretty spectacular in some way, and definitely good enough in most areas of life. If ever there were a time to stop beating yourself up for ...