Prehistoric demography

Prehistoric demography, palaeodemography or archaeological demography is the study of human and hominid demography in prehistory.

More specifically, palaeodemography looks at the changes in pre-modern populations in order to determine something about the influences on the lifespan and health of earlier peoples. Reconstructions of ancient population sizes and dynamics are based on bioarchaeology, ancient DNA, and inference from modern population genetics.

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