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Between Zeus and the Salmon: The Biodemography of Longevity (1997)
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Figure 3-4

Mortality curves implied by the limit distribution hypothesis. Note: All three curves are moving toward a limit distribution, which may or may not be more compressed than the original distribution. Likewise, the limit distribution may or may not have a finite right-hand boundary.

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