How Long Can We Live?

Опубликовано 29 мая 2018, 11:52

The human lifespan might be limited, in part, because natural selection just stops working late in life.

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- Mortality plateau: the leveling out of the mortality rate that is observed at late ages in various species

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Rose, M. (Sept 2016, personal communication)