The places where humans live the longest are explained by traditional lifestyles, widespread incest or systematic fraud, there is no fourth option.

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• The global pattern of centenarians highlights deep problems in demography
• Late-life mortality is underestimated because of data errors
• Supercentenarian and remarkable age records exhibit patterns indicative of clerical errors and pension fraud
• Do People in ‘Blue Zones’ Actually Live Longer?
• They really are that old: a validation study of centenarian prevalence in Okinawa
• The Real Facts Supporting Jeanne Calment as the Oldest Ever Human 
• A Population Where Men Live As Long As Women: Villagrande Strisaili, Sardinia
• Typologies of Extreme Longevity Myths 
• Sardinian dietary analysis for longevity: a review of the literature
• Identification of a geographic area characterized by extreme longevity in the Sardinia island
• Specific features of the oldest old from the Longevity Blue Zones in Ikaria and Sardinia
• Making the Blue Zones: Neoliberalism and nudges in public health promotion
• Human longevity: Genetics or Lifestyle?
• Familial transmission of human longevity

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