Lanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAdam and Eve had 3 sons. Take all the time you need.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1631arrow-down148
arrow-up1583arrow-down1imageAdam and Eve had 3 sons. Take all the time you need.lemmy.worldLanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square139fedilink
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoi’ve read that humanity was once dwindled down to just 7 females in a genetic bottleneck study.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoWhat’s misunderstood about that study is that the women were separated by hundreds of years, they’ve just had the longest continuous chain of ancestors without their branch terminating. It wasn’t 7 pregnant women at the same time.
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agointeresting info! do you have a good link for casually reading about it?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoYup, but we did get close to extinction at one point. That would be an interesting alternate timeline to see.
i’ve read that humanity was once dwindled down to just 7 females in a genetic bottleneck study.
What’s misunderstood about that study is that the women were separated by hundreds of years, they’ve just had the longest continuous chain of ancestors without their branch terminating. It wasn’t 7 pregnant women at the same time.
interesting info! do you have a good link for casually reading about it?
Yup, but we did get close to extinction at one point. That would be an interesting alternate timeline to see.