Prehistoric demography

Prehistoric demography, palaeodemography or archaeological demography is the study of human and hominid demography in prehistory.^[1]

More specifically, palaeodemography looks at the changes in pre-modern populations in order to determine something about the influences on the lifespan and health of earlier peoples.^{[citation needed]} Reconstructions of ancient population sizes and dynamics are based on bioarchaeology,^[2] ancient DNA, and inference from modern population genetics.^{[citation needed]}

^ French, Jennifer C. (2016-03-01). "Demography and the Palaeolithic Archaeological Record". Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 23 (1): 150–199. doi:10.1007/s10816-014-9237-4. ISSN 1573-7764. S2CID 55729093.
^ De Witte, Sharon N. (2018-10-04), "Paleodemography", in Trevathan, Wenda; Cartmill, Matt; Dufour, Dana; Larsen, Clark (eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 1–8, doi:10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0360, ISBN 978-1-118-58442-2, S2CID 240089460, retrieved 2021-05-20

[1] French, Jennifer C. (2016-03-01). "Demography and the Palaeolithic Archaeological Record". Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 23 (1): 150–199. doi:10.1007/s10816-014-9237-4. ISSN 1573-7764. S2CID 55729093.

[2] De Witte, Sharon N. (2018-10-04), "Paleodemography", in Trevathan, Wenda; Cartmill, Matt; Dufour, Dana; Larsen, Clark (eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 1–8, doi:10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0360, ISBN 978-1-118-58442-2, S2CID 240089460, retrieved 2021-05-20

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