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There are estimates that the population of humans in the entire world dropped as low as 10,000 - 75,000 humans[1]. In general, subsistence level tribes are jus
by nl 5y ago
There are estimates that the population of humans in the entire world dropped as low as 10,000 - 75,000 humans[1].
In general, subsistence level tribes are just surviving, nor hunting excess animals.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory
- dragonwriter 5y ago> In general, subsistence level tribes are just surviving That’s the definition of “subsistence-level”, yes.
- Retric 5y agoThat wiki article has a lot of counter evidence to that theory. Also, a generic bottleneck doesn’t mean the population before or after it was very low for very long. At even 1% growth rate per year 50k humans become 1 billion humans in 1,000 years. Suggesting any event based bottleneck lasts less than 1,000 years.