Human: Difference between revisions

Human (view source)

Revision as of 12:30, November 3, 2010

239 bytes removed , 13 years ago

no edit summary

Anonymous user

204.169.64.37

@@ Line 78: / Line 78: @@
 ==Population==
-Earth's population was deemed overpopulated in the 22nd century, jump-starting the colonization programs at the time.<ref name="P42">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 42''</ref> In 2511, [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] estimated the universal human population to be around 39 billion, of which many were unrecorded by colonial infrastructure.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> In October 2552, Cortana estimated that humanity suffered 23 billion casualties throughout the course of the Human-Covenant War, putting the surviving human population around 16 - 20 billion.<ref name="palace">'''[[Halo Evolutions]]''', ''[[Palace Hotel]]'', ''page 351''</ref> In addition, the human population on Earth was stated to have been reduced to 200 million near the end of the Human-Covenant War.<ref name="bestiarum"/>
+It is known that [[Earth]] was deemed overpopulated in the 22nd century, jump-starting the colonization programs of the time. An estimate by Doctor Catherine Halsey and the UNSC in 2511 placed the human population in UNSC-controlled space at 39 billion, of which many were unrecorded by colonial infrastructure.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]'', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> After twenty seven years of war with the genocidal Covenant, with Cortana's death count of approximately 23 billion,<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''', ''page 351''</ref> the surviving human population can be estimated at 16 - 20 billion.
 ==Anatomy and physiology==