2007-08-14 09:18:30 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you believe in evolution then you need to determine when the first of our species, ie. Homo Sapiens, first came into being. Scientists are beginning to agree that we all descended from a small group of primates, possibly even a single couple, who lived in East Africa. The best you can then do is assume that population growth has followed a consistent increase from then until reliable records were started to be made. If you have a bible to hand then it's much easier, as you can estimate the number of descendants of Adam and Eve by counting the number of generations from them to Jesus, then doing an estimate for the last 2000 years. Recent growth has been exponential due to farming methods that feed vast populations and improvements in health care. Hence you'll probably find that the answer is 'Yes there are more people alive today than have ever lived'.
2007-08-14 10:45:32 · answer #1 · answered by Leo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No
http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/dead.asp
2007-08-14 09:21:51 · answer #2 · answered by John C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO one will every know as it will depend purely on guesswork as to how many people existed from day one....to say...dinasaur times and past it...records were only taken a relatively short time ago in the space of how long the Earth has actually been supporting humans!
2007-08-14 09:23:20 · answer #3 · answered by Confuzzled 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think that more people have been born than are alive today
2007-08-14 10:27:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a bit silly.
of course no!
suppose the human life started 10000 yrs ago & suppose that the evarage population on earth is only 200 millions & suppose the evarage life is 100 yrs so:-
100x200,000,000=20 milliar people & this is the least!!!!!
2007-08-14 09:27:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
If you were to calculate the number of people who were born through time, it most likely will be much nigher than 6b.
A educated guess/ study in 1998 concluded that the total population in 1998- 5.902 billion total ever born 109,947,781,641
percent of total living in 1998 - 5.46%
today it is believe to be 6.5b and that is still far from the number of total population.
2007-08-14 09:29:40 · answer #6 · answered by Bravado Guru 5 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Probably, not sure about animals or plants or beings that live in other realms though? Demons, demi-gods, Jinns etc.etc.
Hey I wonder, If all our souls are part of one great, infinate spiritual light, then that could produce limitless souls.
Wow, where is it all going to end?
2007-08-14 12:24:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. 110,000,000,000 is the upper limit 69,000,000,000 lower limit.
Humans are not like bacteria producing exponentially (doubling) there's a whole field of research called population dynamics showing us this.
2007-08-14 09:22:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No i don't think so especially in biblical times people lived to ripe old ages i would say no.
2007-08-14 09:25:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes increases all the time
2007-08-14 09:23:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋