Beltrán-Sánchez et al. based their comment on misleading calculations of the maximum survival age. With realistic numbers of people attaining age 105 and the estimated plateau, the Jeanne Calment record is indeed plausible.

Response to Comment on “The plateau of human mortality: Demography of longevity pioneers” / Barbi, Elisabetta; Lagona, Francesco; Marsili, Marco; Vaupel, James W.; Wachter, Kenneth W.. - In: SCIENCE. - ISSN 1095-9203. - 362:6412(2018), pp. 1-4. [10.1126/science.aav3229]

Response to Comment on “The plateau of human mortality: Demography of longevity pioneers”

Elisabetta Barbi
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2018

Abstract

Beltrán-Sánchez et al. based their comment on misleading calculations of the maximum survival age. With realistic numbers of people attaining age 105 and the estimated plateau, the Jeanne Calment record is indeed plausible.
2018
lifespan; biological limits; maximum survival age
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Response to Comment on “The plateau of human mortality: Demography of longevity pioneers” / Barbi, Elisabetta; Lagona, Francesco; Marsili, Marco; Vaupel, James W.; Wachter, Kenneth W.. - In: SCIENCE. - ISSN 1095-9203. - 362:6412(2018), pp. 1-4. [10.1126/science.aav3229]
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