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Prior to the flood, {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5}} records that people lived extraordinarily long lives: routinely over 900 years. [[Methuselah]] is known for living longer than any other human in history, dying at the age of 969. | Prior to the flood, {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5}} records that people lived extraordinarily long lives: routinely over 900 years. [[Methuselah]] is known for living longer than any other human in history, dying at the age of 969. | ||
This longevity is believed | This longevity is believed to be so extraordinarily long in part because environmental conditions were optimal before the [[Earth]] was destroyed during the [[global flood]]. This perhaps maintained by a [[Geomagnetic field decay|stronger magnetic field]] or [[vapor canopy|dense atmosphere]] which collapsed during the [[flood]]. | ||
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