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The plateau in population numbers may have existed for more than 100,000 years. The plateau may have been as low as 11,000 to 18,000 during that time.
-- "Study Alters Time Line for the Splitting of Human Populations" By NICHOLAS WADE, March 16, 1999, The New York Times |
Or, the plateau may have been as high as 40,000.
-- "Ancient 'volcanic winter' tied to rapid genetic divergence in humans", News From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 1998, News Bureau University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 807 S. Wright St., Suite 520 East Champaign, IL 61820-6219, found on or about 9-10-98 |