Body Count
Radiolab
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How Many People Died Up to 1492?
How many people died up until 1492 out of curiosity? Jeez, I can tell you I have it on this laptop. So we're trying to establish the size and girth of the death pile. The key other tweak beyond just getting the population at each moment is that there's a lot of infant mortality. Who die at various points, especially people who die under being one,. Do you estimate the rate of infant mortality at various times in history?
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