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Geographic Spread More Impressive Than Population Increase
For most of human history humans lived in relative population stability constrained by very high death rates, and the human distribution across all habitats and parts of the world has been a more impressive movement than the actual population increase, which is novel only very recently.
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Joe WalstonEvidence Quote
“almost invariably across the planet, up until incredibly recently, we have always lived in relative population stability... not least of course that we've had massively high death rates”
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22 | Joe Walston on Conservation, Urbanization, and the Way We Live on Earth— Sean Carroll's MindscapeCreated: 6/13/2026, 3:37:33 AM
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