Back to Publications Publications Estimates of the heritability of human longevity are substantially inflated due to assortative mating. Ruby G, Wright K, Rand K, Kermany A, Noto K, Curtis D, Varner N, Garrigan D, Slinkov D, Dorfman I, Granka J, Byrnes, J, Myres N, Ball C. Genetics November 1, 2018