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Reanalysis of data from Dong et al.: Evidence for a limit to human lifespan

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Re-analysis of data from Dong et al.: [Evidence for a limit to human lifespan] (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature19793.html)

Philipp Berens and Tom Wallis

In their paper, Dong et al. claim to provide statistical evidence for an absolute limit to human lifespan. Here we re-analyze the data from their central figure and show that it is not suitable to decise between a model where maximum age at death keeps linearly increasing and one where it saturates or declines.

For a detailed analysis, see our R report.