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Only 1,280 Reproductive Human Ancestors Once Roamed Earth, Gene Study Suggests
15 Jun 2024
The genetic bottleneck in humans.
The bottleneck occurred between 813,000 years ago and 930,000 years ago, and reduced an ancestral human species to less than 1,300 breeding individuals. The issue persisted for 117,000 years, and aligns with a chronological gap in the African and Eurasian human fossil records in that period.
Anthologies: Gratification, Fragments, On the Nature of Things