Niklas Hausmann
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Environmental archaeologist 🏺 | Prehistory | Climate | Research group leader at the Leibniz Zentrum für Archäologie | seafront-project.com
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With daily urine production of 0.6-1.8 L and life expectancy of 60 years, 1400 km3 = 30 - 100 billion people. Seems consistent with numbers that are floating about, but exponential population growth rate means small uncertainty in palaeo population size = enormous uncertainty in date of origin.
January 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
With daily urine production of 0.6-1.8 L and life expectancy of 60 years, 1400 km3 = 30 - 100 billion people. Seems consistent with numbers that are floating about, but exponential population growth rate means small uncertainty in palaeo population size = enormous uncertainty in date of origin.
thank you for doing the math!
January 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
thank you for doing the math!
Museum of archaeology in Stavanger has this problem as a part of its exhibition!
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Museum of archaeology in Stavanger has this problem as a part of its exhibition!