What is the world population circa 200,000 B.C.?

Question

To archaeologist and anthropologist out there

Answer 1

Very funny!  There's so much wrong here:

1) the fossil record is incomplete, therefore we dont' even know what was roaming around then

2) Population of 200,000 BC - how about among the Amerindian population just about 500-600 year ago?  If we can't even estimate that population, how can we find one at 200,000BC.

But good luck!

Answer 2

The World population of what?  This is about the time ancient Homo Sapien appeared, so I have to suspect you are refering to Homo Erectus, Homo Hablis & the Homo lines that had evolved from them.  Some put the figure around 1.5 to 2 million, but pick a number, because your guess is as good as any. The Summatran volcano (Toba) errupted about 75,000 yrs ago & severly impacted the populations of hominids in Europe, Asia & Africa.  It is hypothesized that this caused a bottleneck leading to rapid evolution of some Homo lines that survived.