In the Time of Humans

According to an email I received, there will be an interesting-sounding website joining the www pantheon on July 8, just in time for the 26th anniversary of World Population Day on July 11. "This interactive site," the email reads, "will explore how key historical milestones affected the global population, demographic trends and projections." It is being created by Population Connection, a group whose former name, Zero Population Growth, better described its bent. If, however, the site is objective and factual, which one hopes it will be, it could be a fascinating overview of life in the time of humans: http://worldpopulationhistory.org/
   Can't wait until the 8th? Here are a couple of sites that have brief summaries of humankind's greatest hits. There have been three major population explosions, and all came at very obvious and understandable times ~ the beginning of agriculture and settled communities; the Industrial Revolution; and the advent of health care improvement (diet, sanitation, medicine) (story, video): http://worldpopulationreview.com/continents/world-population/ and (story, link to interactive map): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/global-population-growth.html