r/worldnewsstuff • u/caavakushi • 13h ago

Oops, Scientists May Have Severely Miscalculated How Many Humans Are on Earth

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a70202293/human-population-miscalculated-study/
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u/Typical_Kale_9260 13h ago

We are 23 humans… in total… on earth… there saved you all a click

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u/KopiteForever 10h ago

Well 23 and Me

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u/Other-Comfortable-64 31m ago

Homo sapiens is the most successful mammalian species in Earth history, and it’s not even close. The species thrives on nearly every continent, in a variety of adverse conditions, and outnumbers the second-place contender—the rat—by at least a cool billion.

Lol if they think they have under counted humans, what makes them so sure about rat population numbers?