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Population News Friday December 14th 2007



Tuesday, December 11, 2007Tuesday, 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 CrisisAfrica: 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(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.


Boosted By BottomsBoosted By Bottoms
(Santa Barbara Independent: Thu, 13 Dec) It was such a boost to read Bud Bottom's letter [Letters, Nov. 29] covering so well the bottom line to most of the ills with which humans are faced today.



World Population

Fish farms will make local wild salmon extinct in a decade: studyFish farms will make local wild salmon extinct in a decade: study
(CBC Newfoundland and Labrador: Thu, 13 Dec) Parasitic sea lice found in salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward local extinction, according to a scientific paper published Thursday.


Speedy evolution of human raceSpeedy evolution of human race
(Deepika: Thu, 13 Dec) London, Dec 11 (UNI) The coming generations will have an evolved resistance to diabetes and malaria, thanks to a ever escalating evolution and adaptation rate among humans, new findings suggest.


Tanzania multiple birth surpriseTanzania multiple birth surprise
(BBC News: Wed, 12 Dec) Two sets of quads, two triplets sets and twins are born at a Tanzania hospital as experts debate Africa's population.


Health care industry looks to expand in metro-eastHealth care industry looks to expand in metro-east
(Belleville News-Democrat: Thu, 13 Dec) BJC Healthcare Systems and Memorial Hospital are both exploring locations for new area medical facilities.


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