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Kat:

The world's population will officially hit seven billion on Monday, October 31 —  at least according to the State of World Population 2011, a report published by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Because it's impossible to keep up with every birth and death in the world, the date reflects an estimate of reaching 7 billion rather than the exact date itself.

   Population

Year           Billion

1800              1

1927              2

1960              3
 
1974              4

1987              5

1999              6

2011              7

Population growth did not become exponential until around 1750. Before that, high mortality counterbalanced the high fertility needed by agrarian parents. Death rates were high and life expectancy was low.

Upper Paleolithic                     33 -At age 15, life expectancy an additional 39 years (total age 54).

Neolithic                                 20

Bronze Age and Iron Age          26

Classical Greece                       28

Classical Rome                         28 -At age 15, life expectancy an additional 37 years (total age 52).

Pre-Columbian North America    25-30

Medieval Islamic Caliphate         35+

Medieval Britain                        30 -At age 21, life expectancy an additional 43 years (total age 64).

Early Modern Britain                  25-40

Early 20th Century                    31

Current world average (2010)    67.2           

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515

JohnMichael:
When God said He wanted many sons and daughters, He wasn't mincing words. :)

John

Felix:

Hi Kat
Do you or anyone else know why people before Noah's flood lived for hundreds of years?
Felix

indianabob:
Vitamins, lots of vitamins.  :o  ???

Well actually it can be at least partly explained by the fact that God created Adam and Eve in perfect health and it took many generations to accumulate defects and to abuse their health in various ways.
I don't know what else people might have done to ruin their health, but suppose there was too much alcohol and home made drugs, too much red meat and much less exercise.
Plus we don't know that the average was say five hundred, it could be that the exceptions we read about in Genesis were just that, exceptions.

We may also consider from scripture that God planned it that way so that the first few generations would spread across the earth more quickly and establish cities and develop sinful worship methods.

Let's hear from the experts...

Bob





--- Quote from: Felix on October 28, 2011, 04:56:20 PM ---
Hi Kat
Do you or anyone else know why people before Noah's flood lived for hundreds of years?
Felix

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Stacey:
Interesting stats there Kat. Looks like we are growing in population quickly but also life expectancy has increased somewhat.


--- Quote ---Hi Kat
Do you or anyone else know why people before Noah's flood lived for hundreds of years?
Felix
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--- Quote ---Let's hear from the experts...
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I'm no expert at anything I know of except for maybe sinning.

Long time ago I sat through a long and boring for the most part, VHS siminar series by Dr. Kent Hovind. Also known as Dr. Dino for his opinions on what happened to the dinosaurs. Some of what he had to say made sense and stuck with me about why people lived for so long way back in the beginning. Basically, it can be summed up to a one liner.

The air was a lot more pure than it is now.

That's the jest of the Hovind theory on longevity. It was convincing to me back then especially when he tied in the fact (or he said it like it was fact) that dinosaurs had such small nostrils if they were around now trying to breathe the air we do, they would most certainly die quickly.

Better air = much longer life.

That's all I got to say about that.  :)

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