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New Study Busts the 7 ‘Dog Years’ Myth and Explores Data That Could Help Humans Live Longer
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New Study Busts the 7 ‘Dog Years’ Myth and Explores Data That Could Help Humans Live Longer

A new study in Princeton into how long dogs live busts the myth that each of our years is seven for dogs—and could even help humans live longer.

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A new study into how long dogs live busts the myth that each of our years is seven for dogs—and could even help humans live longer.

A commonly-held belief is that dogs age seven times faster than us, so a one-year-old dog is like a seven-year-old child.

But large breeds age ten times quicker than us and some small dogs can be half of that.

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Now scientists are studying the genomes of 10,000 dogs in a long-term study called the Dog Aging Project.

And they hope they will be able to see why ‘super centenarian’ dogs that live to 20 can survive so long and apply it to people.

Professor Joshua Akey, at Princeton University, said, “This is a very large, ambitious, wildly interdisciplinary project that has the potential to be a powerful resource for the broader scientific community.

“Personally, I find this project exciting because I think it will improve dog, and ultimately, human health.