populations
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The dependency ratio is widely-used to measure ageing populations but it has also been questioned by some experts who argue that its scope is too limited.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Scientists are moving beyond the broad observation that senescent cells contribute to age-related decline and toward identifying which populations cause the greatest problems, what makes them harmful and how those specific effects could be controlled.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
They also suggest that the movement of our ancient relatives into new territories was already underway 1.9 million years ago, potentially involving multiple populations with different toolmaking traditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
All across Springfield, one of the largest Haitian populations in America, between 12,000 and 20,000 people, there were few signs of them.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Different populations had widely divergent genotypes, and these diverse genetic types coexisted and even overlapped in the wild.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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