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Article: The human population: accepting species limits.(Correspondence)
- Article from:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
- Author:
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In "The Population Equation: Balancing What We Need with What We Have," Dahl (2005) presented generally accepted thought and consensually validated data regarding the human population, even though he did not include an adequate scientific theory of absolute human population numbers. Dahl also appeared to confirm the wide agreement among scientists that it is difficult to make theoretical advances or conduct human population research because humankind is seen as essentially different from other species and the human world is viewed as being composed of many intricately connected things that interact in extremely complex ways. Therefore, the population dynamics of Homo ...