Tag: maximum lifespan
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Human Longevity Records May Soon Be Broken
Mortality Postponement Suggests Human Longevity Records May Rise in Coming Decades A groundbreaking study analyzing mortality patterns across 19 industrialized countries reveals that human longevity records, stagnant since 1997, may soon increase as birth cohorts from the early 20th century reach advanced ages. By applying innovative statistical methods to cohort-level data, researchers McCarthy and Wang…