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ArticleBiogerontology2026

Global evidence for bounded human lifespan growth.

Marta Gonçalves, Byung Mook Weon

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Article in Biogerontology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Marta GonçalvesSchool of Chemical Engineering and Global Research Center for e-Chem Meditronic Systems, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5849-6948
Byung Mook WeonSoft Matter Physics Laboratory, School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea. bmweon@skku.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5224-5590

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2019-NR040077
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Is there a limit to human lifespan? We examine upper-tail lifespan dynamics in 46 countries using reliable period life-table data. The characteristic life (

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