Recent scientific publications suggest that human longevity records stopped increasing. Our finding that the mortality of centenarians has not decreased noticeably in recent decades (despite a significant mortality decline in younger age groups) is consistent with this suggestion. However, there is no convincing evidence that we have reached the limit of human life span. The future of human longevity is not fixed and will depend on human efforts to extend life span.
Keywords: Centenarians; Life expectancy; Life-history strategy; Limits to life span; Longevity; Maximum life span; Maximum reported age at death; Mortality trajectories.
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