How Many People Have Ever Lived?
from We Have Concerns Hosted by Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata
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What this episode covers
It is a simple question that requires some pretty complicated investigation. Calculating the number of people who have ever lived since the dawn of humanity is part science and part art. Jeff and Anthony dig in to the fascinating process by which scientists have come up with a pretty definitive answer. Are you able to guess it?
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