Current Fertility Rates Aren’t Enough To Prevent Population Collapse, Study Warns

Current Fertility Rates Aren’t Enough To Prevent Population Collapse, Study Warns

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Current Fertility Rates Aren’t Enough To Prevent Population Collapse, Study WarnsRecent research indicates that smaller population sizes and random variations in birth rates increase the fertility threshold required to prevent extinction. A new study published in the open-access journal PLOS One suggests that human populations may need a fertility rate of at least 2.7 children per woman to reliably avoid long-term extinction, significantly higher than […]

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