Gavrilov and colleagues disagree with our article in Gerontology [Vijg and Le Bourg: Gerontology 2017;63:432-434]. Here we address their arguments regarding human life-history strategies, maximal lifespan, and the proposal that one could live soon for 150 years.

Keywords:
Limits to life span, Life-history strategy, Life expectancy, Maximum life span, Centenarians, Maximum reported age at death
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