Claims surrounding exceptional longevity are sometimes disputed or dismissed for lack of
credible evidence. Here, we present three DNA methylation-based age estimators
(epigenetic clocks) for verifying age claims of centenarians. The three centenarian clocks
were developed based on n= 7039 blood and saliva samples from individuals older than 40,
including n= 184 samples from centenarians, 122 samples from semi-supercentenarians
(aged 105+), and 25 samples from supercentenarians (aged 110+). The oldest individual …