One Above All

mousepod · 03-07-2005, 11:49 AM

Great thread. Some of the recent posts have forced me into research mode, and almost immediately I discovered that an observation I made early on was absolutely wrong. I said that there are more people alive today than ever lived. Apparently, this idea comes from some zero population growth people in the 1970's. This article How Many People Have Ever Lived On Earth? seems to make a lot more sense.

As far as the question of ancestry, I went right to The Straight Dope and turned up this page: 2, 4, 8, 16 ... how can you always have MORE ancestors as you go back in time?

This kind of discussion makes my brain happy.

03-07-2005, 11:49 AM	#18
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Great thread. Some of the recent posts have forced me into research mode, and almost immediately I discovered that an observation I made early on was absolutely wrong. I said that there are more people alive today than ever lived. Apparently, this idea comes from some zero population growth people in the 1970's. This article How Many People Have Ever Lived On Earth? seems to make a lot more sense. As far as the question of ancestry, I went right to The Straight Dope and turned up this page: 2, 4, 8, 16 ... how can you always have MORE ancestors as you go back in time? This kind of discussion makes my brain happy. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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