The assumption is that into each generation is born a certain number of children, and those children have a certain number of children, etc. Gender is not being taken into account, and the children's spouses are not being tallied here. And no, this is not a worm population growth chart. I am just trying to get an idea of how many generations it would take to get to about 250 billion people born into it, give or take a couple billion. I haven't taken interbreeding into account either, as after about a 5 generation gap some consider it safe to interbreed though some consider sooner than that safe. Doing that however would add yet even more complexity that I haven't even tried to think about adding.
Have a cookie and a very nice day!
Lady Aleena
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