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The range is 100,000 to 1000 individuals. This is a factor of 100.. If you take the midpoint ,it's 50k, which is not as bad.
by paulpauper 2y ago
The range is 100,000 to 1000 individuals. This is a factor of 100.. If you take the midpoint ,it's 50k, which is not as bad.
- cl3misch 2y agoI think the multiplicative midpoint (i.e geometric mean) is more sensible for such a large range, which gives 10k. Still not as bad!
- ashoeafoot 2y agoBut what kept them hovering there for a thousand years? What besieged our ancestors until they developed something to break that siege ?
- Retric 2y agoThe people we descended from could be different from the entire population at that time. A beneficial mutation followed by rapidly outcompeting other populations might look similar.
- deafpolygon 2y agoThe theory is that it was like that for over 100 thousand years. Not just a thousand.
- ashoeafoot 2y agoSo solitary confinement into a bottle besieged by quasi equal predators unlocks superpowers ?