Humans nearly went extinct 70,000 years ago

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Humans nearly went extinct 70,000 years ago

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Of course my theory on the near extinction of Humans was most likely due to the lack of Red Sports Cars, Polyester Leisure Suits, Bling, Bling and Single Bars.  Of course if one has ever been to a museum and seen Female Cavewomen, one can see why the Dating Pool was sort of shallow to begin with.

Humans nearly went extinct 70,000 years ago

By Randolph E. Schmid, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis published Thursday in the American Journal of Human Genetics.The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimates that the number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age."This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal insights into some of the key events in our species' history," said Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer in residence. "Tiny bands of early humans, forced apart by harsh environmental conditions, coming back from the brink to reunite and populate the world," Wells said in a statement. "Truly an epic drama, written in our DNA."Wells is director of the Genographic Project published Thursday. It was launched in 2005 to study anthropology using genetics.Previous studies using mitochondrial DNA - which is passed down through mothers - have traced modern humans to a single "mitochondrial Eve," who lived in Africa about 200,000 years ago.The migrations of humans out of Africa to populate the rest of the world appear to have begun about 60,000 years ago, but little has been known about humans between Eve and that dispersal.

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