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Re:Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by n... by sungam on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @02:56AM (#18119346)
Could it not be that the lifespan is just significantly longer than the observation period? If we looked at human mortality in a sample of a few thousand individuals over the first 30 years of life it would also appear rather flat.
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Re:Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by n... by lawlessone on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @05:25AM (#18119998)
>If we looked at human mortality in a sample of a few thousand individuals over the first 30 years of life it would also appear rather flat.

it's not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompertz%E2%80%93Makeham_law_o...

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Re:Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by n... by Retric on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:30AM (#18122039)
He is actually mentioning a real effect. Note the flat part around 20-30 years old:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompertz%E2%80%93Makeham_law_o...

If that's all the data you had it would look like an S curve with an odd starting anomaly at <1 year old.

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