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February 12, 2007
The End is Near! - II
Why did global population increase so dramatically in the 20th century, rising from about 1.6 billion in 1900 to a bit over six billion today? As Harvard University demographer Nicholas Eberstadt puts it: "Global population increased not because people started breeding like rabbits, but because they stopped dying like flies."
"Our man in science goes to Congress," by Ronald Bailey, February 4, 2004
Posted at February 12, 2007 06:37 AM | Categories: Humor , Politics
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