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Scientists found that the oldest looking twin in a pair was the more likely of the two to die first.
Their research also shows that the bigger the difference between their perceived ages the more likely it was that the older one died earliest.
In 2001 volunteers were asked to guess the ages of 1,826 twins aged 70 or older.
Death records were then used to track the survival of the twins over the next seven years.
Even adjusting for their real age, sex, and the environment in which they grew up, the perceived age of the twins was linked to their physical and mental agility and with the ability of their cells ability to replicate, a key sign of ageing.
December 17, 2009
