population density
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Much of “The Powerful Primate” concerns how ancient humanity learned to make tools and fire, allowing big increases in population density.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The researchers suggest that Fiji's higher contamination levels may be linked to greater population density, extensive coastal development, and less effective waste management systems compared with neighboring islands.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 3, 2026
The city's population density is more than 7,100 people per square kilometre of land, on par with packed metropolises like Tokyo.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
“But over time, those natural enemies or pathogens appear, and their population density decreases.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
Within the last 5,000 years, some of those productive regions witnessed an intensification of Aboriginal food-gathering methods, and a buildup of Aboriginal population density.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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