Unexpected Support For An Obscure Biblical Aside

I noticed some­thing odd when I was read­ing some news recent­ly: [in response to claims of nigh-immor­tal­i­ty for humans in the near future] Out­side the con­fer­ence, many sci­en­tists who spe­cial­ize in aging are skep­ti­cal of such claims and say the human body is just not designed to last past about 120 years. Even with health­i­er lifestyles and less dis­ease, they say fail­ure of the brain and oth­er organs will even­tu­al­ly con­demn all humans.[source]

120 years? Inter­est­ing…

Then the LORD said, “My Spir­it will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mor­tal flesh. In the future, they will live no more than 120 years.” Gen­e­sis 6:3, NLT

Noth­ing con­clu­sive here (we’re not talk­ing about data pub­lished in a peer-reviewed jour­nal or any­thing), but I did think it was wor­thy of com­ment.