Sheril KirshenbaumJul 15, 2023

About 109 billion people have lived & died. Each grain of sand represents 10 million.

This stunning data visualization of human life by Max Roser was published in 2022.

Today there would be 805 green grains representing 8.05 billion people living on Earth. #science #art

Show threadJonathan Hill
@Sheril The accompanying article says that they’re only taking Homo sapiens into account, and beginning 200,000 years ago. But H. sapiens aren’t the only human species.
Jul 16, 2023 at 7:31amWeb