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All humans who have ever lived (infosec.pub)
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[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I haven’t read the methods. But at the very outset, I question the modeling of birth and death rates from ages before the advent of agriculture. This, immediately, gives me pause.

[-] icosahedron@ttrpg.network 9 points 5 months ago

yes, you're definitely right. the accuracy is dubious no matter what. in the author's words, their approach is "semi-scientific" and "guesstimating". not once do they say their results are definitive. but if it's the best qualified demographers can do with what we know, then there's not much else to it

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Damn, that's interesting!

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