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There’s the multiple population bottlenecks in our DNA history [1]. The close calls in world wars and cold wars. Etc. 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic
by ridewinter 7y ago
There’s the multiple population bottlenecks in our DNA history [1]. The close calls in world wars and cold wars. Etc.
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842629/
- abraae 7y agoThe cold wars were called that because they never actually became war. And the world war's combined impact on global populations was only a couple of percentage points. Neither remotely qualifies as being on the brink of annihilation.
- ridewinter 7y agoThe soviet naval officer who prevented WWIII: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/03/you-and-almost-everyone-you-know-owe-your-life-to-this-man/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/03/you-and-almo... The British government on the brink of capitulating to Hitler: https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/the-may-1940-war-cabinet-crisis-churchills-darkest-hour/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/the-may... The Allies and not Hitler getting the atomic bomb. Examples abound just in the past few generations.