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Re:A genomic predictor of lifespan in vertebrates by rockinghigh on Friday December 13, 2019 @07:28PM (#21786937)
This is doubtful. All the research I've seen points to very different story. One example:

"the expected annual probability of death for a 65-y-old hunter-gatherer is about 5.3%; in contrast, for 65-y-olds in Japan today, the chance of death is only about 0.8%.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3497824/

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Re:A genomic predictor of lifespan in vertebrates by thaumasiotes on Saturday December 14, 2019 @04:52AM (#21788683)
The figure for Japanese elderly today reflects a life expectancy in the 80s. There's nothing weird about a mortality rate of 5% at 65 corresponding to a life expectancy close to 70.
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