Timeline for How fast would a colonizing population grow on virgin soil?
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| Jan 11, 2022 at 12:39 | comment | added | AlDante | If you are looking for theoretical maximum population, then you will want some biomass calculations. This paper answers some interesting questions about biomass and its distribution. pnas.org/content/115/25/6506. Essentially, the world's terrestrial biomass consists of plants, and the world's mammals consist of humans & their livestock. The world's terrestrial surface area is about 510 million sq. km; Greenland is about 2.2 m sq. km., or 0.4% of the world's surface. Using calculations like these we can easily show that on average Greenland is covered with about 2 Gt of trees... | |
| Jan 9, 2022 at 14:09 | comment | added | John | since we get questions like this a lot, there is an online calculator for this calculator.academy/population-growth-calculator for your scenario the number is between 5269758 and 11971 people. depending on whether they achieve an industrial revolution or not. | |
| Jan 9, 2022 at 12:38 | answer | added | James McLellan | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 20:28 | vote | accept | sakamism | ||
| Jan 8, 2022 at 15:47 | comment | added | AlexP | For a useful comparison, the Battle of Agincourt was fought in 1415, 607 years ago. For that point on, some moderately important events have happened: Columbus discovered America, Vasco da Gama established a sea route to India, Newton discovered calculus and set mechanics of solid mathematical bases, Martin Luther split the Western Church, sovereign states became first class actors on the international stage, chemistry was established as a science, the steam engine was invented, artificial fertilizers revolutionized agriculture, etc. etc. | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 15:11 | answer | added | Jack Aidley | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 12:05 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 8, 2022 at 11:56 | comment | added | sakamism | L.Dutch, At least some of the surviving groups would've brought animals and plants, since they knew they would essentially have to restart civilization. @Jack Aidley That's a very good point of reference, thanks! | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 11:27 | answer | added | AlDante | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 11:16 | comment | added | Jack Aidley | I think @L.Dutch's question needs to be answered to give any kind of comparison, but as a matter of interest there were roughly 500 years between Polynesians establishing on New Zealand and Europeans arriving in number. At that point it was estimated that 100,000-200,000 Maori lived on New Zealand. | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 10:56 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | What do they have with them when they arrive on the island? Just their hands, or do they have seeds and animals? | |
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| S Jan 8, 2022 at 10:42 | history | asked | sakamism | CC BY-SA 4.0 |