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Whenever a topic like this comes up I find it meaningful to mention the number of people who lived in North America in the year 1500. The population is thought
by porphyrogene 8y ago
Whenever a topic like this comes up I find it meaningful to mention the number of people who lived in North America in the year 1500. The population is thought to have been roughly one hundred million. Now the indigenous peoples are nonexistent in most places. Our government policies should cherish these populations.
- acali 8y agoJust FYI, this figure that gets used comes from the high end of a range that is estimated from 20 million to 100 million for a population of North America around 1500. The estimate for Europe is around 50 million to 60 million. https://www.quora.com/Is-the-claim-that-100-000-000-native-Americans-were-killed-by-non-native-settlers-anywhere-close-to-being-true https://www.quora.com/Is-the-claim-that-100-000-000-native-A...
- crooked-v 8y agoEntire major temple complexes overrun by South American jungle have only been found because of modern deep scanning radar, so I feel it's pretty likely that the number is on the higher end compared to estimates from even 20 years ago.