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Questionable evidence for a limit to human lifespan

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  • Adam Lenart

    (Max Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging, Biostatistics and Biodemography, University of Southern Denmark
    Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research)

  • James W. Vaupel

    (Max Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging, Biostatistics and Biodemography, University of Southern Denmark
    Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research)

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  • Adam Lenart & James W. Vaupel, 2017. "Questionable evidence for a limit to human lifespan," Nature, Nature, vol. 546(7660), pages 13-14, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:546:y:2017:i:7660:d:10.1038_nature22790
    DOI: 10.1038/nature22790
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    1. Olivia S. Mitchell, 2018. "Enhancing risk management for an aging world," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory, Springer;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 43(2), pages 115-136, September.
    2. Richmond, Peter & Roehner, Bertrand M. & Irannezhad, Ali & Hutzler, Stefan, 2021. "Mortality: A physics perspective," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 566(C).
    3. Michael Pearce & Adrian E. Raftery, 2021. "Probabilistic forecasting of maximum human lifespan by 2100 using Bayesian population projections," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 44(52), pages 1271-1294.
    4. Camarda, Carlo Giovanni, 2022. "The curse of the plateau. Measuring confidence in human mortality estimates at extreme ages," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 144(C), pages 24-36.
    5. Dennis M. Feehan, 2018. "Separating the Signal From the Noise: Evidence for Deceleration in Old-Age Death Rates," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 55(6), pages 2025-2044, December.

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