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This completely misses the point of your hypothetical, but if you only have two humans left your descendants will inevitably die out due to inbreeding. Two indi
by solveit 4y ago
This completely misses the point of your hypothetical, but if you only have two humans left your descendants will inevitably die out due to inbreeding. Two individuals isn't enough genetic diversity to sustain a species.
See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_population https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_population
- pvaldes 4y agoI don't think that this is an absolute truth. This would depend on the genetic distance between the parents (and if parents and their childrens would procreate again).