My friend's father was born in Cameroon before proper records were kept. He would like to known how old he really is. Is there any way to determine the exact age of a living human being?

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Physical exam, X-ray of left hand, dental exam. If skeletal development of hand is completed, an additional X-ray exam of the clavicles is needed. http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=c0540j66651602n2&size=largest One of the best methods for figuring out a person's age is to examine his or her teeth. Every day that we're alive, each of our teeth accrues a pair of tiny lines in its enamel and dentin. Another line shows up every year in the cementum, the substance that helps keep a tooth in place. These features arise from natural, biological cycles; environmental factors like poor diet can affect the spacing between lines, but it won't stop their cyclical recurrence. So to determine someone's age in years, a specialist might count the cementum lines under a microscope, starting at the stress line that shows up at birth in a human's first molar. http://www.slate.com/id/2216785/ Sep 10 10, 6:43 PM