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Unified Growth Theory Contradicted by the Mathematical Analysis of the Historical Growth of Human Population
Ron W Nielsen
Data describing the historical growth of human population global and regional (Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, former USSR, Africa and Latin America) are analysed. Results ar…
Hyperbolic Growth of the World Population in the Past 12,000 Years
Ron W. Nielsen
Data describing the growth of the world population in the past 12,000 years are analysed. It is shown that, if unchecked, population does not increase exponentially but hyperbolica…
Demographic Transition Theory Contradicted Repeatedly by Data
Ron W. Nielsen
In the absence of convincing evidence, data for Sweden and Mauritius are used in academic publications to illustrate the Demographic Transition Theory. These data are closely exami…
Scientifically unacceptable concept of the Epoch of Malthusian Stagnation
Ron W Nielsen
In order to control the growth of human population it is helpful to understand correctly the mechanism of growth, and the first essential step is to investigate current interpretat…
Growth rate of the ancient human population in Australia
Ron W Nielsen aka Jan Nurzynski
Empirical growth rates of the ancient human population in Australia have been calculated using the data for the number of rock-shelter sites. They confirm the earlier conclusion th…
Computer simulations of the extinction of megafauna
Ron W Nielsen
Computer simulations carried out by Alroy (2001) are examined. Contrary to the claim of their Author, there is no convincing evidence that the extinction of megafauna was caused by…
The Late-Pleistocene extinction of megafauna compared with the growth of human population
Ron W Nielsen
Time-dependent distribution of the global extinction of megafauna is compared with the growth of human population. There is no correlation between the two processes. Furthermore, t…
Extinction of megafauna: How could the research get so wrong?
Ron W Nielsen
Published evidence for the human-mediated extinction of megafauna is examined and is found to be unsubstantiated. It is shown that the claimed evidence is not based on data describ…