Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site talcott.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!wjh12!talcott!gjk From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg J Kuperberg) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Creation/Evolution Issue #XIV Message-ID: <153@talcott.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 01:51:09 EST Article-I.D.: talcott.153 Posted: Sun Dec 2 01:51:09 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 06:45:51 EST References: <851@utastro.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Harvard Lines: 24 > Creation/Evolution Issue #XIV ... > "Creationists, Population Growth, Bunnies and the Great Pyramid", by > David H. Milne. According to Henry M. Morris, extrapolation of the > population of the world in 1800 A.D. backwards by the rate of population > growth of the world between 1650 A.D. and 1800 A.D. shows that there were > just two people (guess who?) in the year 4500 B.C. This article shows > how the same assumptions used by Morris lead to other conclusions, such > as that in 2500 B.C., when the Pyramids were built, the world population > was 750 individuals. Since half of these were women and half of the > remaining males were children, we must assume that the Great Pyramid was > constructed by under 200 individuals. Let's see... The current world population is ~4 billion, which is close to 2^32. The world population currently doubles every 47 years. Extrapolating backwards, we get that there were only two people on earth 31*47=1464 years ago. Thus the human race was created circa 500 A.D. So much for extrapolations. --- Greg Kuperberg harvard!talcott!gjk "Eureka!" -Archimedes