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Inbreeding and small population may account for Neanderthal extinction
- QueensGambit 7y agoAllee effects, like 25% or less females giving birth in one year, could have caused extinction in populations with 1,000 Neanderthals. Combined with inbreeding and fluctuations in birth and death rates, extinction would have been likely on their timescale over 10,000 years. [1] [1] https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/27/health/neanderthal-extinction-scn/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/27/health/neanderthal-extinc...