biology question #950

The Tucker Family, a 7 year old male from Hamilton asks on October 6, 2002,

Q:

How many people have ever lived on earth? We have found data giving the population at differen points in history but not the total number over all time.
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the answer

Barry Shell answered on October 6, 2002, A:

To find the answer I went to Google, the best place on the web to find answers, and typed in: human population that ever lived. The answer was found at the math department of the University of Hawaii. It's about 96 billion people.

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