LongeviQuest (LQ) is a scientific organization that specializes in extreme longevity and age validation of
supercentenarians.
It was founded by Ben Meyers and Robert Young in 2022,
and has been cited in several media outlets as an authority on the subject, including
Guinness World Records
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, list ...
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History
LongeviQuest members, along with director Ben Meyers, have visited and interviewed numerous supercentenarians and centenarians worldwide. Their first visit was to
Maria Branyas
Maria Branyas Morera (; 4 March 1907 – 19 August 2024) was an American-Catalan supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 117 years, 168 days, was the List of oldest living people, world's oldest verified living person, following t ...
in Catalonia, Spain,
who was the world's oldest living person at the time. They have also met with
Elizabeth Francis,
formerly the oldest living person in the United States, and of Japan, the world's oldest living active barber as of March 2025.
As of December 2023, Yumi Yamamoto served as the president of Japan's research branch. She was also the great-granddaughter of
Shigeyo Nakachi, who, at the time of her death in 2021 at the age of 115, was the second-oldest living person in Japan.
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Gerontology organizations
Scientific organizations established in 2022
Research institutes established in 2022
Research groups
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