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It makes sense for how tough life was 8000 years ago, I wonder what it was prior to ww1, and if that would be a useful comparison as well.
by letonmorri 5y ago
It makes sense for how tough life was 8000 years ago, I wonder what it was prior to ww1, and if that would be a useful comparison as well.
- amznthrowaway5 5y agoNo it doesn't https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/y-chromosome-crash/ https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/y-chromosome-crash...
- Balgair 5y agoRespectfully, after reading the original paper, I agree with the findings of the authors. The last bit in the abstract puts their findings the best: "In contrast to demographic reconstructions based on mtDNA, we infer a second strong bottleneck in Y-chromosome lineages dating to the last 10 ky. We hypothesize that this bottleneck is caused by cultural changes affecting variance of reproductive success among males." Saying that the average man reproduces less than the average woman seems to fit the facts as presented in the paper. I've not read other papers that may refute that one though. This is not my area of expertise.
- amznthrowaway5 5y agoThe extreme skew (1 male for every 17 females reproducing) is what's incorrect, not the average man having less reproductive success than the average woman.