Timeline for What was the population of the world at the time of the flood?
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| Jun 2, 2020 at 10:23 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Do you know if the calculations take into account (1) a highly probable greater land area and (2) from my reading of the effects of the curse, poorer average land quality prior to the flood? | |
| Sep 10, 2014 at 19:27 | vote | accept | Narnian | ||
| Sep 2, 2014 at 16:21 | comment | added | bruised reed | @gideonmarx No, I'm not sure where you got that idea from! The Bible indicates that the people that lived before the flood were 'somewhat' (massive understatement) different to modern humans at least in terms of their average life-spans and the age at which they reached reproductive maturity. | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 15:34 | comment | added | gideon marx | @bruisedreed. Are you suggesting that aliens inhabited the earth before the flood? | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 13:36 | history | edited | bruised reed | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 2, 2014 at 13:20 | comment | added | bruised reed | I think that's a reasonable inference, another might be that human physiology was way more efficient as well - requiring significantly less food. | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 13:18 | comment | added | Narnian | Thanks. I wonder if it is also possible that the earth was significantly more fertile prior to the flood, thus supporting a larger population. | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 13:15 | history | answered | bruised reed | CC BY-SA 3.0 |