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> But many fewer people are born compared to our population (which is 250 times bigger than in Merer's time), because now people do not become pregnant unless t
by ajuc 5y ago
> But many fewer people are born compared to our population (which is 250 times bigger than in Merer's time), because now people do not become pregnant unless they want to, usually.
Ancient people had https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium_(antiquity) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium_(antiquity) for the same purpose. They likely used it up to extinction.
- kragen 5y agoAye, and in the last century a huge fraction of the planet's biodiversity has been lost. But I don't think it's clear that silphium and similar herbal drugs constituted an oral contraceptive with effectiveness on par with the Pill.