Evidence that Jeanne Calment died in 1934, not 1997

Разыскания Зака опубликовал Rejuvenation Research.
Был на его докладе в МОИП, докладчик средний, между плохим и оч плохим, надеюсь журнал поработал с текстом, чтобы сделать нечто читабельно осмысленное.

I (Зак) present a body of data that, I argue, cumulatively casts serious doubt on the validity of Jeanne Calment's accepted world record of the human lifespan. First, I assess the plausibility of the record based on the lifespans of other centenarians in the International Database of Longevity (IDL) and critique some arguments put forward previously in support of this record, including the longevity of Calment’s ancestors. Second, I review the literature dedicated to Calment and discuss multiple contradictions in her interviews, biographies, photos, and documents. I argue that the evidence from these sources motivates renewed consideration of the previously rejected hypothesis that Jeanne's daughter Yvonne acquired her mother's identity after her death in order to avoid paying inheritance tax and that Jeanne Calment's death was reported as Yvonne's death in 1934. Finally, I discuss the importance of reconsidering the principles of validation, due to the possibility of similar problems regarding other exceptionally long-lived people and the mistaken inferences that researchers may draw from flawed datasets. The phenomenon of Jeanne Calment may prove to be an instructive example of the uncertainty of seemingly well-established facts.

Источник — Demographic Digest