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Maximum life span is a characteristic of each species, and a diversity of maximum species life spans is seen in each mammalian order. It is argued here that different clusters of related long-lived species evolved independently. A variety of genes could have been involved such as genes for somatic maintenance and genes for resistance to causes of death, including fatal diseases. There are explanations...