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☆ Human ancestors nearly died out 900,000 years ago, study suggests
  + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —Ancient humanity was almost wiped out about 900,000 years ago when the global population dwindled to around 1,280 reproducing individuals, according to a new study. What’s more, the population of early human ancestors stayed this small for about 117,000 years. The population bottleneck coincided with dramatic changes in climate during what’s known as the mid-Pleistocene transition, the research team suggested. While ancient DNA has revolutionized our understanding about past populations, the oldest DNA from a human species dates to around 400,000 years ago. “The proposed bottleneck needs to be tested against human and archaeological evidence,” they added.
Persons: ”, Yi, Nick Ashton, Chris Stringer, Ashton, Stringer, “ Organizations: CNN, East China Normal University, British Museum Locations: China, Italy, United States, Israel, London, Africa, what’s, Kenya, Ethiopia, Spain, United Kingdom
☆ Our human ancestors were almost wiped out about 930,000 years ago, leaving just a tiny group of reproductive individuals, new study suggests
  + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A new study suggests human ancestors nearly went extinct some 930,000 years ago. Scientists in China used modern human genomes to estimate what past populations may have looked like. It turns out our human ancestors may have faced a near miss that could have changed everything. Scientists in China last week released the results of a study that used current human genomes to make predictions about populations in the past. They found that something — perhaps an ancient climate crisis, they suggest — caused the population of human ancestors to drop drastically.
Persons: —, Wangjie Hu, Nick Ashton Organizations: Service, Scientists, Icahn, of Medicine, New York Times, Africa —, Times Locations: China, Wall, Silicon, New, Mount, Africa, —, Europe, Asia
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