October 4, 2023 at 11:32 am
New Research Suggests There Were Only 1,300 Humans Alive Nearly 930,000 Years Ago And They Almost Went Extinct
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“A “severe bottleneck” around 930,000 years ago had the population of our human ancestors down to just about 1280 individuals.”