What leads to a stable growth of population for most of human history?

A．Species competition.

B．Low fertility.

C．Tribal fights.

D．High mortality.

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定位：根据题干信息词stable growth和most of human history定位到第二段第三句和第五句。
解析：题干问“什么导致人口在人类的大部分历史时期增长稳定”，文中提到“回顾8000年来的人口统计历史，我们会发现在人类历史的大部分时期，人口数量几乎一直是稳定的，或者可以说，人口增长幅度是很小的……大部分地区的生育率都很高，但是，死亡率通常也很高，这使得人口趋于平衡”。由此可知，在漫长的历史长河中，大部分时间人口增长稳定，并不是因为其生育能力低等原因，而是因为其死亡率高，故D项符合句意，为正确答案。

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