• AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    The most recent estimates are between 2.5 and 7 million people in the area now covered by the US and Canada. The areas further south were a lot more populated.

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 days ago

      interestingly, the descendants of native americans in the US today are still around the same number (3% of US population or about 10 million) which is largely because of industrial agriculture -> more food