The metabolic rate of an organism is the sum of the energy necessary to acquire, convert and allocate energy to growth, reproduction and maintenance, which sets energetic limits on biological activities and establishes the pace and pattern of life. The temperature- and mass-dependence of metabolic rate, from the smallest unicellular organisms to the largest plants and animals9, enables one to reconstruct the metabolic rates of extinct organisms and retrodict fundamental large-scale features of their palaeoenvironments11.
During her final year she died on 19 August 2024 she was verified as the oldest living person, a feat that drew the attention of researchers who explore the biology of ageing. We wanted to learn from her particular case to benefit other people, says Manel Esteller, a physician specializing in genetics at the University of Barcelona in Spain. At the time, Branyas was living in the small town of Olot, in the Catalonia region of Spain, where she enjoyed reading books, playing with dogs
