The Neolithic Hypothesis (dates)

[H. Mark Hubey]

JoatSimeon at aol.com wrote:

> >X99Lynx at aol.com writes:

> >Linear Ware Culture raced ahead of agriculture.

> -- nyet.  LBK spread rapidly, and so did agriculture -- all the way from
> Hungary to northern France in a few centuries.  That left a lot of
> uncultivated ground in between, and of course hunting continued right down to
> historic times as a supplement, gradually decreasing in importance.

> Bottom line:  they were farmers.  It took less than 500 years for farmers to
> colonize the entire loess soil belt.  This shouldn't be surprising.  A human
> population faced with an open land frontier doubles every 25 years or so.

> 1,000
> 2,000
> 4,000
> 8,000
> 16,000
> 32,000

2^64 =  18,446,744,073,709,551,616

25*64=1,600 years.

Starting with Adam and Eve, and doubling every 25, after 64 doublings
is 1,600 years and the population is 18,446,744,073,709,551,616
because that is what 2^64 is computed to be.

> -- and that's in only 150 years and starting from a very low base.

Can't get much lower than Adam and Eve.

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Best Regards,
Mark
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