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Are we sure of these figures? Adding the world wars together, civil wars, and the razings of the ancient world I would figure man has killed man much more often
by Quarrelsome 17y ago
Are we sure of these figures? Adding the world wars together, civil wars, and the razings of the ancient world I would figure man has killed man much more often than nature has been able to.
- AngryParsley 17y agoFrom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox : During the 20th century, it is estimated that smallpox was responsible for 300–500 million deaths. Smallpox has been around for over 10,000 years. In the 20th century it killed more people than all the wars in this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War#List_of_wars_by_death_toll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War#List_of_wars_by_death_toll
- Retric 17y agoWar is far from the only way people kill people. Add up all the people in the US killed in auto accidents and you are going to be in the top 10 on that list.