HUMAN ACTUARIAL AGING INCREASES FASTER WHEN BACKGROUND DEATH RATES ARE LOWER: A CONSEQUENCE OF DIFFERENTIAL HETEROGENEITY?

Do women stop early? Similarities in fertility decline in humans and chimpanzees

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How grandmother effects plus individual variation in frailty shape fertility and mortality: Guidance from human-chimpanzee comparisons

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Mortality and fertility rates in humans and chimpanzees: How within-species variation complicates cross-species comparisons

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How could the Gompertz–Makeham law evolve

(2009) A. Golubev   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

HAS ACTUARIAL AGING “SLOWED” OVER THE PAST 250 YEARS? A COMPARISON OF SMALL-SCALE SUBSISTENCE POPULATIONS AND EUROPEAN COHORTS

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Cumulative Deficits Better Characterize Susceptibility to Death in Elderly People than Phenotypic Frailty: Lessons from the Cardiovascular Health Study

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A systematic look at an old problem

(2008) Thomas B. L. Kirkwood   NATURE

Exceptional longevity does not result in excessive levels of disability

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Recent Declines in Chronic Disability in the Elderly U.S. Population: Risk Factors and Future Dynamics

(2007) Kenneth G. Manton   Annual Review of Public Health