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FrojoS on May 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: What percentage of people are alive today?

You might be right. I still think its worth reading. I still tend to prefer Christopher Ryan's point of view but this might change. Also, Pinker is afaik not a professional expert on anthropology [1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinker

berntb on May 15, 2011 [–]

Pinker quoted an expert. Or not?

If the research consensus in the field really was different, Ryan would have pointed that out gleefully -- with many more references. Since Ryan didn't do that, he is either dishonest or ignorant. Either way, he can be ignored.

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