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> More specifically, imagine the simplest case of a population of a constant size - say a million (the approximate size of the Holy Land at the time of Jesus).

The total human population was greater than 1 million.



You're referring to the year 0 CE, he's referring to the advent of agriculture around 10000 BCE.




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