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On the decomposition of life expectancy and limits to life

Population Studies, 2015
Life expectancy is a measure of how long people are expected to live and is widely used as a measure of human development. Variations in the measure reflect not only the process of ageing but also the impacts of such events as epidemics, wars, and economic recessions.
Leslie Mayhew
exaly   +3 more sources

Microbial Extremophiles at the Limits of Life

Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 2007
Prokaryotic extremophiles were the first representatives of life on Earth and they are responsible for the genesis of geological structures during the evolution and creation of all currently known ecosystems. Flexibility of the genome probably allowed life to adapt to a wide spectrum of extreme environments.
Elena V Pikuta, Jane Tang
exaly   +3 more sources

Limits of Life, Limits of the Body

open access: yes
In the past, the view according to which the limits of human lives can be questioned had often been advocated by people on the basis of religious dogmas concerning the soul's immortality; today, curiously, many endorse the same view on the basis of a scientific conception of Life which posits that Life can be abstracted away from any particular medium.
Davide Tarizzo
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Choosing the limits to life

Nature, 1992
How can the world's population be made more healthy? Study of the age distribution of diseases and causes of death in individual countries will enable nationally appropriate research and public-health priorities to be set.
P H, Lohman   +2 more
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