• kaulquappus@feddit.org
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    11 hours ago

    I don’t remember the details, but wasn’t there a massive genetic bottleneck event in early (modern?) human prehistory?

    Could be fun if it didn’t happen and we were more genetically diverse!

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      10 hours ago

      Last time I heard about it, it was being reviewed cause the genetic diversity in Africa is too high to support that claim. The bottleneck may be related only to a part of the human population.

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        Last time I heard about it, it was being reviewed cause the genetic diversity in Africa is too high to support that claim. The bottleneck may be related only to a part of the human population.

        well, theres also the argument that other species of genus homo gave us more genetic diversity after that event