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Modern genetic data suggests pre-humans were a group of only 1,280 individuals

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Modern genetic data suggests pre-humans were a group of only 1,280 individuals

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Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago

A new technique analysing modern genetic data suggests that pre-humans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals.

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That’s kind of simplistic: some traits are initially neutral and only show their usefulness later on.

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