Prehistoric demography

Okay kiddo, today we are going to talk about prehistoric demography. Demography is all about people and their populations. So, prehistoric demography is all about how many people lived in the past and how they spread out in different parts of the world.

Many, many years ago, there were no written records of how many people lived, where they lived, or even what they did. Instead, people had to figure this out by looking at things like bones, tools, and other things left behind by people who lived long ago.

When scientists study prehistoric demography, they often look at something called a "population pyramid". This is a fancy way of saying they take all the people who lived in a certain area during a certain time period and figure out how many of them were young, how many were old, how many were men, and how many were women.

This helps scientists understand things like how many babies were born, how many people died, and how long people tended to live. By figuring this out, they can start to understand how populations grew and changed over time.

Scientists have also discovered that people didn't live in just one place. They moved around a lot, and they often traded with other groups of people. By studying things like tools, they can figure out where people traveled and what they were doing when they got there.

So, prehistoric demography is all about figuring out how many people lived a long time ago, where they lived, and how they moved around. It helps us understand our past and how we got to where we are today.