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Transforming the landscape as a launchpad for demographic growth—From the Neolithic Revolution to the Industrial Revolution—Passionaries, conflict and demographic change—Demographic stabilization in developed countries, demographic explosion in developing countries—Do we follow the r-strategy or K-strategy of population—Energy’s “magic wand” for extreme population growth—Is there enough time to complete the demographic transition?
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Mortmass is the “waste” of biotic societies, the buildup of dead organic matter. In ancient prehistory, this matter served as the source for the formation of raw hydrocarbons—oil, coal, etc. Coal is thought to have formed from the plant matter of ferns, mosses and rushes in bogs of the Devonian or Carboniferous ages. However, we can observe a tendency toward the reduction of mortmass in the evolutionary process. Unlike these ancient societies, modern biota do not produce this type of waste. Mortmass is instead effectively decomposed by bacteria and fungi.
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Danilov-Danil’yan, V.I., Reyf, I.E. (2018). A Critically Overpopulated Planet. In: The Biosphere and Civilization: In the Throes of a Global Crisis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67193-2_2
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