Lanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAdam and Eve had 3 sons. Take all the time you need.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down159
arrow-up1614arrow-down1imageAdam and Eve had 3 sons. Take all the time you need.lemmy.worldLanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square138fedilink
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoi’ve read that humanity was once dwindled down to just 7 females in a genetic bottleneck study.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWhat’s misunderstood about that study is that the women were separated by hundreds of years, they’ve just had the longest continuous chain of ancestors without their branch terminating. It wasn’t 7 pregnant women at the same time.
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agointeresting info! do you have a good link for casually reading about it?
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThis is a good start! In fact, we all share one common mitochondrial Eve. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve But others branched out after her, again separated by thousands of years.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoYup, but we did get close to extinction at one point. That would be an interesting alternate timeline to see.
i’ve read that humanity was once dwindled down to just 7 females in a genetic bottleneck study.
What’s misunderstood about that study is that the women were separated by hundreds of years, they’ve just had the longest continuous chain of ancestors without their branch terminating. It wasn’t 7 pregnant women at the same time.
interesting info! do you have a good link for casually reading about it?
This is a good start! In fact, we all share one common mitochondrial Eve.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve
But others branched out after her, again separated by thousands of years.
Yup, but we did get close to extinction at one point. That would be an interesting alternate timeline to see.