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Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago: a new technique analysing modern genetic data suggests that pre-humans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals. (www.nature.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean, the biblical version is just two.... and their three sons.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Until they wandered around and miraculously found more people that were never explained how they survived.