Tuesday, December 11, 2007
(Hindustan Times: Tue, 11 Dec) A study says the huge population explosion in the past 40,000 years has resulted in faster human evolution compared to the previous six million years.

Africa: Continent's Worst Crisis
(AllAfrica.com: Tue, 11 Dec) Making life better isn't apparently hard just in Tanzania but is true of people all over Africa. And as in Tanzania, one of its more difficult aspects is rapid urban population growth.

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-12-11 16:49 GMT: UK fertility rate rises to 1.8 children per woman in 2006, highest since 1980
(Interactive Investor: Tue, 11 Dec) LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The UK fertility rate among women rose to 1.8 children per woman in 2006, its highest level since 1980, up from 1.6 in 2001, as the rate of population growth hit its highest since the 1960s, figures from National Statistics showed.

Tanzania multiple birth surprise
(BBC News: Tue, 11 Dec) Two sets of quads, two triplets sets and twins are born at a Tanzania hospital as experts debate Africa's population.