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Why we shouldn’t cheer Earth’s growing population

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by Jonathan Kennedy, in which he cautioned against ‘alarmist’ views on overpopulation

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2025

Are there billions more people on Earth than we thought? If so, it’s no bad thing

A study suggests the global population has been undercounted – but we shouldn’t let the overpopulation alarmists win the argument, says academic and writer Jonathan Kennedy

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2025

The birth of Jesus would probably have been forgotten – if it wasn’t for a plague

When a terrifying Ebola-like pandemic struck the Roman empire, Christianity offered solutions that the old ways didn’t, says academic and author Jonathan Kennedy

The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2024

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Men are spending more time looking after their children – and it’s not just cultural, it’s in their genes

New research turns on its head the idea that the cascade of hormones brought on by parenthood is limited to mothers, says academic and author Jonathan Kennedy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

Scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and perhaps how modern humans came to rule the world

Revolutionary ancient DNA evidence indicates that Homo sapiens finished off Neanderthals through deadly infectious diseases, says academic Jonathan Kennedy

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024

Ancient Britons built Stonehenge – then vanished. Is science closing in on their killers?

New clues from an ancient plague are pushing us to rethink where Britons were ‘really’ from, says academic and author Jonathan Kennedy

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2023

Diseases gave us the rise of Christianity, the end of the Aztecs and public sanitation. How might future plagues change human history?

“Every once in a while a book lands on your desk that changes the way you perceive the world you live in, a book that fundamentally challenges your understanding of human history.” So began the blurb that came with this book. Aha! I thought. The usual advertising hyperbole, a gross…

The Conversation · Apr 18, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2023

Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy review – in sickness and in health

A fascinating account of how diseases have shaped humanity, from the neolithic to Covid-19

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2023

‘We’re in a golden age for microbes’: the man rewriting history from the perspective of germs

Forget ‘great men’ – infection and disease are the really important forces in the development of humankind, believes public health specialist Jonathan Kennedy

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023

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