In recent years, many climate advocates have emphasized human population itself—as opposed to related factors such as consumption and technology—as the driving force behind environmental ...

The population of early humans dwindled to around 1,280 individuals during a time of dramatic climate change and remained that small for about 117,000 years, the study said.

Kamala Harris’ most recent gaff of suggesting the need to “reduce population” inspired the ITT crew to dedicate the entire episode to the legacy of population control. From the Eugenics movement of ...

A recent study commissioned by the Club of Rome projects that the global human population will continue to grow into the middle of the 21st century to reach roughly 8.8 billion.

It’s possible that learning to control fire and a climate that began to shift to be more hospitable to human life may have contributed to the rapid human population increase about 813,000 years ago.

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

Injustices aren’t ancient history: When asked for an example of population control, many people cite China’s One-Child Policy from the late 1970s. While that policy did cause human rights atrocities ...

Besides, demographers at the United Nations forecast that the human population will peak in the mid-2080s at around 10.4 billion people, after which it will level off and decline. Rather than due to a ...

Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk said “The Population Bomb” — a 1968 book on overpopulation — written by U.S. biologist Paul Ehrlich is the “most damaging anti-human thing ever written ...

For reference, NYC's human population is 8.3 million. The rats of New York will have a new problem to worry about now that the city council approved the use of ContraPest, a "type of rodent birth ...

Australia Australian leader urges control of territory's soaring crocodile population after fatal attack of 12-year-old Northern Australia's crocodile numbers have surged to 100,000 since ...

The population of early humans dwindled to around 1,280 individuals during a time of dramatic climate change and remained that small for about 117,000 years, the study said.