Don’t Expect Human Life Expectancy to Grow Much More, Researcher Says

Don’t Expect Human Life Expectancy to Grow Much More, Researcher Says
Emma Morano holds a cake with candles marking 117 years on the day of her birthday in Verbania, Italy, on Nov. 29, 2016. Antonio Calanni/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study.

Advances in medical technology and genetic research—not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100—are not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers who found shrinking longevity increases in countries with the longest-living populations.