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• n  the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations

• demography

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• Are we pushing animals over the edge?
  ( Springer ) Species of mammals and birds are threatened with extinction as a result of rising human population density, according to a study published in Springer's journal, Human Ecology. The work is also the first to show that the exponential growth of the human population will continue to pose a threat to other species. In other words, there does not appear to be a threshold above which ...
  June 19, 2013 - EurekAlert!