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The maximum human life span will likely increase this century, but not by more than a decade

  • Written by Michael Pearce, PhD Candidate in Statistics, University of Washington
The maximum human life span will likely increase this century, but not by more than a decadeBiologists and demographers are actively debating whether there is a natural cap on the human life span, and how high that might be.eucyln/iStock via Getty Images Plus

When Jeanne Calment of France died in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days, she set a record for oldest human. That record still stands.

As statisticians who study demography,...

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