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That probably vastly under-estimates the number (depending on whether you call babies "people"). The population in 8,000 BC might have been 5 million, but each
by swombat 17y ago
That probably vastly under-estimates the number (depending on whether you call babies "people"). The population in 8,000 BC might have been 5 million, but each of those was probably the one surviving sibling out of 6 or so.
- TheSOB88 17y agoYes, there were many dead babies per living baby, but if each pair of parents only had one child, the population would halve each generation. More likely, there were some families that had a higher survival rate and kept the death babies in check.