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There were smaller populations of humans, but not smaller populations of mammals in general.
by learc83 5y ago
There were smaller populations of humans, but not smaller populations of mammals in general.
- maxerickson 5y agoWith our skill at making meat, I wonder how true that is.
- NaturalPhallacy 5y agoBison are much better at making meat than we ever were, before we all but wiped them out. Google piles of bison skulls for a peek.
- maxerickson 5y agoI think the comparison is hard more than it is obvious. There's an awful lot of humans, pets and livestock.
- learc83 5y agoA quick google search shows around 5 billion goats, cows, pigs, and sheep, 1.5 billion cats and dogs, and 8 billion humans. Compared to an estimated 130 billion wild mammals. That’s without the vast herds of herbivores that used to roam the plains of the world.