Growth rate of the ancient human population in Australia

2013/09/23 by Ron W Nielsen aka Jan Nurzynski, Nurzynski, Ron W Nielsen aka Jan
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #FOS: Biological sciences #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1309.5752

openalex publication_date 2013/09/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Empirical growth rates of the ancient human population in Australia have been calculated using the data for the number of rock-shelter sites. They confirm the earlier conclusion that there was no intensification of growth between 10,000 and 1000 years BP.

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