Analysis suggests people will never live much beyond 115 but some scientists say that it's too soon to assume a fixed shelf-life.
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Dong, X., Milholland, B. & Vijg, J. Nature http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature19793 (2016).
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Geddes, L. Human age limit claim sparks debate. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20750
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