A recently published research paper into aging has found that it is not so much a matter of how you live but the genes you carry.

Many people who are between 95 and 117 do not have healthy lifestyles, they drink, they smoke, they don't get much exercise.

Dawkins has been at the forefront of science writers for over 30 years, and continues to challenge, puzzle and antagonize both scientists and lay readers. His style is brisk and entertaining, yet he can describe difficult biological concepts in easy to understand prose.

At some point or the other, we all have heard the phrase “You look so much like your Dad or Mom”. Normally, people from one family resemble each other. Children of the same parents look very similar to their parents. Sometimes children may look like their uncle and aunt too. This is due to genes.