One male rhesus monkey in a calorie restriction study reached 43 years old, reported as a record for the species.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by peer-reviewed Nature Communications study (Mattison et al., 2017) and corroborated by independent secondary sources.
Sources
- Low Calorie Diets and Longer Lives (healthline.com)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14063 (nature.com)
- https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2017/01/the-latest-analysis-of-calorie-restriction-in-primates-benefits-to-health-and-longevity/ (fightaging.org)
- https://nutritionfacts.org/video/diet-and-caloric-restriction-for-longevity-the-monkey-trials/ (nutritionfacts.org)