证据表明人类的寿命有限制
Xiao Dong1, Brandon Milholland1, Jan Vijg1,2
1Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
Nature
|October 6, 2016
概括
人类的预期寿命有所增加, 全球数据的分析显示,在100岁以后,生存率的提高趋于平稳,这表明人类寿命的自然限制.
科学领域:
- 人口统计
- 老年学
- 人类寿命研究
背景情况:
- 自19世纪以来,由于技术进步,人类的预期寿命显著增加.
- 观察到的老年死亡率的降低和最高死亡年龄的增加表明人类的寿命可能会延长.
- 其他物种的寿命可塑性受遗传或药物干预的影响,引发了关于人类寿命限制的争论.
研究的目的:
- 研究人类的长寿是否受到严格的遗传约束.
- 分析全球人口统计数据以了解晚年生存率的趋势.
- 为了确定人类的寿命是否有自然界限.
主要方法:
- 全球人口数据的分析.
- 检查随着年龄的增长而改善的生存率,特别是在100岁之后.
- 随着时间的推移,追踪了世界上最年长的人的死亡年龄.
主要成果:
- 随着年龄的增长,生存率在100岁以后开始下降.
- 世界上最年长的人的年龄自20世纪90年代以来没有增加.
- 数据显示人类的寿命停滞不前.
结论:
- 人类的最大寿命似乎是固定的.
- 人类的寿命可能受到自然限制.
- 预期寿命的进一步增长可能不会伴随着最大寿命的增加.
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