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Only 1,280 breeding humans once roamed Earth, gene study shows

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Only 1,280 breeding humans once roamed Earth, gene study shows

Lemmit.Online botMB to World NewsEnglish • 1 year ago

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New research suggests that humanity faced a startling population bottleneck and teetered on the brink of extinction around 800,000 years ago.

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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/MaleficentParfait863 on 2023-09-01 19:05:53.

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At some point it was only one. It’s not like 1280 just all popped up at the same time.