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Capo

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on: Jul 2, 2018
Which best describes rates of population growth until a few hundred years ago?
 
  a. cycles of growth and then decline under Malthusian pressures
  b. constant growth
  c. very fast growth
  d. none of the above

Question 2

About how many hunter-gatherers at any give time were living on Earth during the first 120,000 years of human existence?
 
  a. about 3-5 million
  b. about 100 million
  c. about 200 million
  d. about 300 million
  e. about 400 million


Ahernandez18

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a. cycles of growth and then decline under Malthusian pressures

Answer to Question 2

a. about 3-5 million


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