"Auffallend viele hochaltrige Menschen gibt es auch in einigen Gegenden von China, in Japan oder im Hunza-Tal in Pakistan", sagt Scholz, "auch in Sardinien leben extrem viele sehr alte Männer".
"A strikingly high number of extremely elderly people can also be found in some areas of China, in Japan or the Hunza Valley in Pakistan," said Scholz, "while there is also an extremely large number of very old men in Sardinia."