Extinct Birds Did 80% of the Native American population actually went extinct because of contamination with the Europeans?

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Question by Kevin: Did 80% of the Native American population actually went extinct because of contamination with the Europeans?
It’s difficult to imagine that a population would go extinct because of simple contact with settlers and colonists. You’d figure human beings are more enduring than an epidemic from the same homo-biology. Does that mean we are that different?

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Answer by Lenny
80% is too much of a figure. Something between 30% and 50%

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