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If you start in 2016 your data is correct. If you start from 4000BCE I believe the largest human killer ever is malaria.
by LargeTomato 3y ago
If you start in 2016 your data is correct. If you start from 4000BCE I believe the largest human killer ever is malaria.
- eigenket 3y agoYou may be correct, I'm not sure. Apparently about half of humans ever have lived in the last 2000 years, and the death rate for those in the earlier half (before 2000 years ago) was overwhelming dominated by very high child mortality. I guess the answer probably depends on what proportion of those infant deaths were due to malaria.
- try_the_bass 3y agoThe fact that humans have surpassed what historically was the #1 killer is honestly the more scary part. For all parts of that dynamic