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Measuring our narrow strip of life

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In line with previous research, a demographic analysis corroborates the presence of a limit to human lifespan, indicating that increases in life expectancy are likely to slow down or stop over the coming years.

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Figure 1: A limit to lifespan?

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  1. S. Jay Olshansky is in the UIC School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA, and at Lapetus Solutions, Wilmington, North Carolina.,

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