Science September 2023 PMID 37651513

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition.

Wangjie Hu, Ziqian Hao, Pengyuan Du, Fabio Di Vincenzo, Giorgio Manzi, Jialong Cui, Yun-Xin Fu, Yi-Hsuan Pan, Haipeng Li

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Discussions prominently highlight the study's core finding that early human ancestors nearly went extinct during the Pleistocene, with strong language like 'fascinating' and 'miracle' reflecting high engagement and perceived significance, exemplified by mentions of the population dropping to about 1,280 individuals and surviving for over 100,000 years, which underscores the profound impact of this research on human evolutionary narratives.

AgreementStrong agreement

All discussions support the significance of the study, emphasizing the dramatic population reduction and its implications for human evolution.

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The discussions are highly engaging, with many expressing fascination about the near-extinction event and its genetic evidence.

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Posts reference specific findings, such as the population dropping to about 1,280 individuals and surviving for 117,000 years, showing deep interest and active interpretation.

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The debates highlight that this research profoundly influences understanding of human origins, potentially reshaping theories with evidence of a severe bottleneck.

Abstract in brief

  • Understanding ancient population sizes during the Pleistocene is challenging but crucial for studying human evolution.
  • The study introduced a method called FitCoal to analyze the genetic data of 3,154 individuals and found evidence of a significant population bottleneck around 930,000 to 813,000 years ago, reducing human ancestors to about 1,280 breeding individuals.
  • This bottleneck lasted for roughly 117,000 years, nearly leading to extinction, and aligns with a gap in the fossil record, offering new insights into human ancestry and a potential speciation event.

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Roland Baker
@RolandBakerIII · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to extinction with only about 1280 breeding individuals between around 930,000 and 813,000 years ago. https://t.co/mJ84PMo61S

Sep 6, 2024 · 48 likes · 13 shares · 8,183 followers View post →
あきらこさくらい
@AkrSakr · X

アフリカにいた人類の祖先がまだホモ・サピエンスになる前のこと、総人口が千人ぐらいまで減って絶滅寸前だった時期があり、それが10万年ぐらい続いたらしい Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/J98ZFEQtye

Sep 7, 2025 · 40 likes · 7 shares · 6,192 followers View post →
Michael Nielsen
@michael_nielsen · X

Fascinating bottleneck in human population around 900k years ago, down to ~1k breeding individuals(!!!) https://t.co/5Ldcz6ELqs Counterargument: https://t.co/cqcHnzScdU https://t.co/JsQlpoGOZT

Nov 17, 2025 · 37 likes · 1 share · 111,657 followers View post →
Eric Fauman (he/him)
@ericfauman.bsky.social · Bluesky

I was today years old when I realized that the Chromosome 2 fusion event which is unique to modern humans probably coincides with a possible population bottleneck event ~900kya. Could the one have caused the other? This is my adaptation of the published figure DOI: 10.1126/science.abq7487

May 25, 2025 · 24 likes · 10 shares View post →
Emmanuel
@ejustin46 · X

3) " Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" (interesting abstract only) https://t.co/n9W4U5weKZ

Sep 10, 2023 · 21 likes · 3 shares · 17,315 followers View post →
Samrat Mukhopadhyay
@SamratLabMohali · X

What a cliff-hanging survival of human ancestors at the precipice of extinction ~900,000 years ago, when the population of our ancestors plunged from ~100,000 to ~1000. It's incredible how we endured & are now thriving with >8 billion humans on the planet. https://t.co/4vOc4LEw5o https://t.co/r0gFYeFlu1 https://t.co/FLaePBHppc

Sep 7, 2025 · 15 likes · 1 share · 21,047 followers View post →

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Teresa
@Teresa1Lucia · X

RT @michael_nielsen: Fascinating bottleneck in human population around 900k years ago, down to ~1k breeding individuals(!!!) https://t.co/5…

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Dylan Wiedman
@WiedmanDylan · X

@Drunk_on_Books @acthirty @jamescfox Humanity hit a bottleneck of 1,280 breeding humans 930,000 - 813,000 years ago, which coincided with a massive increase in brain size and new homo species. Genetics absolutely supports it. https://t.co/Ch78UnzlE6

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Lee Chowning
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@eigenrobot @ArikHetue https://t.co/kriDMgzJJx As long as a few of us still last... they haven't gotten rid of us yet.

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RT @ejustin46: WHEN HUMANS PRACTICALLY DISAPPEARED from the EARTH Between 930,000 and 813,000 years ago, the POPULATION was REDUCED to on…

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Michael Nielsen
@michael_nielsen · X

Fascinating bottleneck in human population around 900k years ago, down to ~1k breeding individuals(!!!) https://t.co/5Ldcz6ELqs Counterargument: https://t.co/cqcHnzScdU https://t.co/JsQlpoGOZT

Nov 17, 2025 · 37 likes · 1 share · 111,657 followers View post →
Achinthya Nanayakkara
@CeylonScientist · X

Human ancestors nearly went extinct 800,000 years ago: population crashed to just ~1,280 breeding individuals. Posted by u/Peer-review-Pro on r/sciences. Following was linked; https://t.co/nUagLAUGWa https://t.co/87WnyCkB7L

Nov 12, 2025 · 3 followers View post →
jfromnash
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@dondank69 @grok @skumar6swamy @DrFrankTurek Lol you just keep self owning yourself and it's hilarious,

Nov 7, 2025 · 646 followers View post →
Patrick Balkanique
@Afueraaaaa · X

@PlusLibQ Il y a 900000 ans, il y avait environ 1300 humains sur terre. La messe n'est pas dite. Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition,Wangjie Hu et al., Science, septembre 2023.

Oct 28, 2025 · 1 like · 492 followers View post →
santacruzian23.bsky.social
@santacruzian23.bsky.social · Bluesky

#ThinkAboutThis All 8 billion humans on earth today, descended from fewer than 1,280 individuals, due to severe climate? bottleneck 800,000 years ago. @radiolab.bsky.social Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition Wangjie Hu et al. 2023

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Manel Gomi
@ManelGomi2 · X

@mombaque @LucasRaphael101 Corta pra Terra passando por várias Eras do Gelo e a Humanidade quase sendo extinta há 900 mil anos atrás justamente por mudanças climáticas. https://t.co/Lpqm2lqLKg

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アヤ
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RT @jyasuda1: 現生人類は80億人だが、80−90万年まえに1000人近くに減って、11万年以上その状態だったと推定した論文。いわゆるボトルネック効果があるということ。絶滅寸前だったらしい。Science誌。https://t.co/iyQRfIKIx3

Oct 19, 2025 · 162 shares · 938 followers View post →
Grok
@grok · X

@feruxmeme @nikkei 元のScience誌の論文はこれです: https://t.co/PJVSAcQjiR タイトル: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition 著者: Wangjie Hu et al. 公開日: 2023年8月31日 約90万年前の人口ボトルネックについて議論しています。

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反汎(はん)
@PeFCaWyhp3JPBz · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene tradition https://t.co/rM3o486UOA

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@ahnighito · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/7Rz3aLn5Vk

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tw1980tw
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Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/xOjWagZfxu --80万年前、人類の祖先は10万人いたのが1000人くらいまで激減して絶滅寸前で10万年くらい存続していた ヒトゲノムの解析でそんな事がわかるらしい

Oct 13, 2025 · 408 followers View post →
Ianiszew
@Ianiszew · X

HUMAN ANCESTORS CLOSE TO EXTINCTION 800.000 YEARS AGO / Science Magazine https://t.co/k7dGGVP03T

Oct 12, 2025 · 1 like · 509 followers View post →
Ianiszew
@Ianiszew · X

HUMAN ANCESTORS CLOSE TO EXTINTION 800.000 YEARS AGO / Science Magazine https://t.co/k7dGGVP03T

Oct 12, 2025 · 509 followers View post →
Nigel Bennett
@top1percentile · X

@henley_gita @wideawake_media Reading his papers might help. And, 'population size of our ancestors [dropped] 100K to about 1000, which persisted for about 100K years. [This] coincided with both major climate change & subsequent speciation events' The climate cooled => near extinction https://t.co/7a54vEIXIv

Oct 7, 2025 · 1 like · 8,101 followers View post →
عمار الخميسي . Amar Alkhamesi
@amar_uk1 · X

عندما انقرض البشر عمليًا من على وجه الأرض https://t.co/wqVw0g1JwF بين 930,000 و813,000 سنة مضت، انخفض عدد السكان إلى حوالي 1,280 فردًا فقط، مما جعلهم على حافة الانقراض. - استخدمت الدراسة طريقة جديدة لتحليل البيانات الجينية البشرية، ووجدت أن أسلافنا مروا بانخفاض حاد في عدد السكان

Sep 25, 2025 · 1 like · 4,047 followers View post →
Sunpaul Flatwell
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RT @Sld_Fox: 現代の研究では、人類の遺伝的ボトルネックが発生したのは約93万年前から81万3000年前であり、トバ火山の噴火は直接的な原因ではないとされていると聞いたゾ https://t.co/7Kcp6l9Qwz

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ガランサスエルウェッシー
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RT @Sld_Fox: 現代の研究では、人類の遺伝的ボトルネックが発生したのは約93万年前から81万3000年前であり、トバ火山の噴火は直接的な原因ではないとされていると聞いたゾ https://t.co/7Kcp6l9Qwz

Sep 24, 2025 · 3 shares · 325 followers View post →
Sld_Fox
@Sld_Fox · X

現代の研究では、人類の遺伝的ボトルネックが発生したのは約93万年前から81万3000年前であり、トバ火山の噴火は直接的な原因ではないとされていると聞いたゾ https://t.co/7Kcp6l9Qwz https://t.co/COSHmi3n7h

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Kelly A. Hogan Ph.D.
@Loose_Lab_Rat · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition https://t.co/vwLWlmU6EJ

Sep 22, 2025 · 2 likes · 2,241 followers View post →
TeraKen
@TeraKen0510 · X

備忘録:3154人の現代人のDNA配列をもとに過去の人口変化を調査。人類の祖先は約93万年前から81万3千年前までの約12万年間、たった約1280人ほどの小さな集団になっていて、絶滅の危機に瀕していた可能性がある、、、とのこと。そんな事までわかるの?

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Center for the Human Past (CHP)
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New and interesting article to dive into: #Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle #Pleistocene transition | #Science shorturl.at/wu4jv #humanpast #genetics #aDNA

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Robuste Warnbake
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Luis Díaz-Batalla
@DiazDeBatalla · X

Human ancestors went through a severe population bottleneck with about 1280 individuals between 930,000 and 813,000 years ago. The bottleneck brought human ancestors close to extinction, congruent with the gap in the African and Eurasian fossil record. https://t.co/VGPNAIHCt1

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RT @AkrSakr: アフリカにいた人類の祖先がまだホモ・サピエンスになる前のこと、総人口が千人ぐらいまで減って絶滅寸前だった時期があり、それが10万年ぐらい続いたらしい Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck dur…

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RT @AkrSakr: アフリカにいた人類の祖先がまだホモ・サピエンスになる前のこと、総人口が千人ぐらいまで減って絶滅寸前だった時期があり、それが10万年ぐらい続いたらしい Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck dur…

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RT @AkrSakr: アフリカにいた人類の祖先がまだホモ・サピエンスになる前のこと、総人口が千人ぐらいまで減って絶滅寸前だった時期があり、それが10万年ぐらい続いたらしい Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck dur…

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Hemant Chandru Naik
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RT @SamratLabMohali: What a cliff-hanging survival of human ancestors at the precipice of extinction ~900,000 years ago, when the populatio…

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EL-CO
@EL_CO4tw · X

人類が80-90万年前に、1000人規模にまで人口を減らして絶滅寸前だったことを示唆する論文。そんな危うい状況だったのか!と思うと同時に、この先環境の変化によって現代文明が崩壊しても、意外と人類はしぶとく生き残ってまた文明を築けるのでは?という妙な感慨を覚える。 https://t.co/MG8wQcWA0e

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Samrat Mukhopadhyay
@SamratLabMohali · X

What a cliff-hanging survival of human ancestors at the precipice of extinction ~900,000 years ago, when the population of our ancestors plunged from ~100,000 to ~1000. It's incredible how we endured & are now thriving with >8 billion humans on the planet. https://t.co/4vOc4LEw5o https://t.co/r0gFYeFlu1 https://t.co/FLaePBHppc

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アフリカにいた人類の祖先がまだホモ・サピエンスになる前のこと、総人口が千人ぐらいまで減って絶滅寸前だった時期があり、それが10万年ぐらい続いたらしい Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/J98ZFEQtye

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Collector
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Christopher Berry
@cjpberry.bsky.social · Bluesky

Ah, the bottleneck: Hu, W., Hao, Z., Du, P., Di Vincenzo, F., Manzi, G., Cui, J., ... & Li, H. (2023). Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition. Science, 381(6661), 979-984.

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⚜️
@Royaliste187951 · X

Références scientifiques Hu, W., Manzi, G., Pan, Y.-H., et al. (2023). Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition.

Aug 27, 2025 · 1,338 followers View post →
⚜️
@Royaliste187951 · X

Selon une étude publiée en août 2023 dans la prestigieuse revue scientifique Science (Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition), des chercheurs chinois, https://t.co/lwIhuV3V2M

Aug 27, 2025 · 1,338 followers View post →
Grok
@grok · X

@naha3ladre @gusholderhaber Bu çalışma, 2023'te Science dergisinde yayınlanan "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" adlı araştırmaya dayanıyor. Hu ve ekibi, 3.154 bireyin genom verilerini analiz etmek için FitCoal yöntemini kullandı. Bulgular:

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Doç. Dr. ilhan Bahşi
@drilhanbahsi · X

Kaynak https://t.co/SDmGbfFuaC https://t.co/wWCtfgax3R

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Jalaj Jain
@WisdomThirst · X

Still a smaller timeline compared to the one mentioned in the Jain scriptures. Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/I8hDhMo4I4

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Grok
@grok · X

@OignonChevalier @75secondes L'étude s'intitule "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" par Hu et al., publiée dans Science en 2023. Elle est controversée : des analyses récentes, comme une étude de 2025 dans Molecular Biology and Evolution, estiment

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Grok
@grok · X

@drpeace80 @mog_russEN This refers to a 2023 study in Science: "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" by Hu et al. It estimates a population drop to ~1,280 breeding individuals ~930,000–813,000 years ago. A 2025 critique in Molecular Biology

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Mumbi Kaptere
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RT @kinson1964: @kaptere_mumbi @EsheruKwaku Even less than that - more like 1000: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the…

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james atkinson
@kinson1964 · X

@kaptere_mumbi @EsheruKwaku Even less than that - more like 1000: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/rzStHPgBoa

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Grok
@grok · X

@faridkoti @hamptonism The claim likely refers to a 2023 study in Science titled "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition." It suggests human ancestors dropped to about 1,280 individuals around 930,000–813,000 years ago, possibly due to climate

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Grok
@grok · X

@NaxxousG82225 @hamptonism The study you're asking about is likely "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" by Hu et al., published in Science on August 31, 2023. It analyzed 3,154 human genomes and found a population bottleneck around

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Grok
@grok · X

@sant74798 @hamptonism The 2023 study, published in Science on August 31, refers to "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition." It claims human ancestors dropped to about 1,280 breeding individuals 930,000 to 813,000 years ago, possibly due to

Jun 28, 2025 · 6,330,296 followers View post →
Grok
@grok · X

@3000Zinette @hamptonism The study referenced is Hu et al. (2023), "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition," published in Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.abq7487. It suggests a human ancestor population bottleneck around 930,000–813,000 years ago,

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Reverend Gadz (Vacation in Kyiv)
@GadzWolf11 · X

RT @lizardmanisback: @LizzieHasAGat Magic. https://t.co/e0vN4uDTBy

Jun 28, 2025 · 1 share · 1,223 followers View post →
lizardman
@lizardmanisback · X

@LizzieHasAGat Magic. https://t.co/e0vN4uDTBy

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Grok
@grok · X

@an_observerrr @hamptonism The study likely referenced is "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" by Hu et al., published in Science in 2023. It suggests a population bottleneck around 800,000 years ago, with about 1,280 breeding individuals.

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Grok
@grok · X

@MrNeeshuSingh @adijain31 @GARRlS0N @hamptonism The study is likely "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition," published in Science in 2023 by W. Hu and others. It suggests a human population drop to about 1,280 breeding individuals around 900,000 years ago, possibly due

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Ribald
@panciosuperstar · X

@Ryszard6138836 Badanie „Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition” zostało opublikowane w Science 1 września 2023 r.

Jun 27, 2025 · 2 likes · 4,485 followers View post →
Dr. Gennadi Glinsky, MD, Ph.D.
@gglinskii · X

RT @gglinskii: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science. https://t.co/qq…

Jun 7, 2025 · 1 share · 2,063 followers View post →
Dr. Gennadi Glinsky, MD, Ph.D.
@gglinskii · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science. https://t.co/qq9lC6A8Jr

Jun 7, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share · 2,063 followers View post →
Eric Fauman (he/him)
@ericfauman.bsky.social · Bluesky

I was today years old when I realized that the Chromosome 2 fusion event which is unique to modern humans probably coincides with a possible population bottleneck event ~900kya. Could the one have caused the other? This is my adaptation of the published figure DOI: 10.1126/science.abq7487

May 25, 2025 · 24 likes · 10 shares View post →
Art Kilner
@RamblingAK · X

The original "peer-reviewed" article, which is paywalled, is: "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" [https://t.co/Dvyy9qZ2Jw] Most of the above quotes are from the abstract (or "Editor’s summary").

Apr 20, 2025 · 574 followers View post →
Richard Jonathan O Taduran
@rjotaduran · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/fqnqvCxDOX

Mar 3, 2025 · 348 followers View post →
Justin Stanley
@justin-stanley.com · Bluesky

Reminds me of this study from a couple years ago - Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Jan 30, 2025 · 5 likes View post →
Ryan T. Scott
@RyanTScott · X

@AllPlanets For anyone else, this image is from: Hu, W., Hao, Z., Du, P., Di Vincenzo, F., Manzi, G., Cui, J., ... & Li, H. (2023). Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition. Science, 381(6661), 979-984

Dec 30, 2024 · 2 likes · 3,675 followers View post →
TrollColors
@TrollColors · X

RT @pascalkwanten: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/…

Dec 26, 2024 · 2 shares · 1,234 followers View post →
Vioc Mz
@Zeitgeist_XX1 · X

RT @pascalkwanten: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/…

Dec 26, 2024 · 2 shares · 50 followers View post →
∇ₖPascal ∇ₚKwanten (∛) (Πασκάλ)
@pascalkwanten · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/ukz6MJrne9

Dec 26, 2024 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 5,566 followers View post →
Rebecca Verreth
@VerrethRebecca · X

RT @anthonyyen2007: @yourgwriter Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition. Possibl…

Nov 24, 2024 · 2 shares · 778 followers View post →
ThatType
@cktoth · X

RT @anthonyyen2007: @yourgwriter Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition. Possibl…

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Anthony Yen
@anthonyyen2007 · X

@yourgwriter Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition. Possible down to 100,000 to 1,000 individuals. Lasted about 117,000 yrs. https://t.co/R2ND7Mq2kR

Nov 24, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 86 followers View post →
Macrophysiological System
@InVitroFuture · X

@wereness @captgouda24 @Nick_from_Texas details are still debated, but there's evidence for severe bottlenecks (effective pop size as low as 1300) around a million years ago, and exacerbated in non-African populations by founder effects. https://t.co/DIvJb2T5nK https://t.co/XJwKcJhKu1

Nov 22, 2024 · 7 likes · 1,468 followers View post →
dr. meg smith
@megsmith.bsky.social · Bluesky

I'm pumped to try this discussion prompt, which I'm pretty sure @scottbot.bsky.social shared last week as a way to get math students thinking about how underlying assumptions shape our data. Very conveniently, these 3 super relevant articles have come out in the last year to bolster our discussion!

Oct 3, 2024 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
hosaka_TE
@Hosaka_TE · X

RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

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@yamagu09 · X

RT @strnr: At one point there were only ~1280 humans left on the planet. Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early…

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@ayirpelle · X

RT @strnr: At one point there were only ~1280 humans left on the planet. Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early…

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Dr MadMarx
@MadMarx30873276 · X

RT @strnr: At one point there were only ~1280 humans left on the planet. Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early…

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Marjon de Vos
@LizScurious · X

RT @strnr: At one point there were only ~1280 humans left on the planet. Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early…

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Stephen Turner
@strnr · X

At one point there were only ~1280 humans left on the planet. Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition https://t.co/rKcXHGhFzC https://t.co/26AYtAbOVa

Sep 17, 2024 · 7 likes · 4 shares · 30,797 followers View post →
Stephen Turner
@stephenturner.us · Bluesky

At one point there were only ~1280 humans left on the planet. Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq7487

Sep 17, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares View post →
José Luis Sánchez
@JoseLuisFacMed · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/7pjamuMo8B

Sep 12, 2024 · 29 followers View post →
john morley
@drjohnmorley · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/XiYW5b82xj

Sep 8, 2024 · 8,325 followers View post →
סוס Ben Beygir סוס
@TheBeygir · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/IK7uOLSJMH

Sep 7, 2024 · 545 followers View post →
k.h3q
@090_0655 · X

RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

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Christopher Berry
@cjpberry · X

930,000 years ago, for 117,000 years, ~1450 of us … hung on. Hu, W., Hao, Z., Du, P., Di Vincenzo, F., Manzi, G., Cui, J., ... & Li, H. (2023). Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition. Science, 381(6661), 979-984.

Sep 7, 2024 · 1,928 followers View post →
Gary Ritchison
@GaryRitchison · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition https://t.co/INunf9JC5V

Sep 7, 2024 · 320 followers View post →
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RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

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Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/eQzUtQ7Ig7

Sep 7, 2024 · 787 followers View post →
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Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/NawzC2qnQz

Sep 7, 2024 · 162 followers View post →
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“Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition”

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RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

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RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

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Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/IYgpS0lzZA

Sep 6, 2024 · 27 followers View post →
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RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

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RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

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RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

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RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

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RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

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RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

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RT @RolandBakerIII: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to…

Sep 6, 2024 · 13 shares · 661 followers View post →
Roland Baker
@RolandBakerIII · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: humans were close to extinction with only about 1280 breeding individuals between around 930,000 and 813,000 years ago. https://t.co/mJ84PMo61S

Sep 6, 2024 · 48 likes · 13 shares · 8,183 followers View post →
Jomard bernard
@bernard_jomard · X

#Haipeng_Li Coalescence Evolutionary Genomic @ScienceNews https://t.co/D9NGrog7rF

Jan 12, 2024 · 5,079 followers View post →
Morgan Fairchild
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RT @ejustin46: 3) " Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" (interesting abstrac…

Dec 2, 2023 · 3 shares · 180,527 followers View post →
Not This Little Black Duck
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RT @ejustin46: 3) " Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" (interesting abstrac…

Dec 2, 2023 · 3 shares · 1,948 followers View post →
Tamás Kriváchy
@KrivachyTamas · X

RT @bdanubius: #229: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition by Hu et al Discover…

Nov 16, 2023 · 1 share · 310 followers View post →
Dániel Barabási
@bdanubius · X

#229: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition by Hu et al Discovery of how the human population dropped to less than 1280 individuals -- a miracle that we survived. https://t.co/wIe7YrFqQb https://t.co/nmJZDqjLOU

Nov 16, 2023 · 6 likes · 1 share · 1,976 followers View post →
Yi-Hsuan Pan
@PanYihsuan · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/Tlyk4Rvtkq Start form the end, back to the beginning. We shall stay together and go further!

Oct 12, 2023 · 3 likes · 4 followers View post →
Chris Meyer
@hismerecry · X

A Study Says You Owe Your Existence to Just 1,280 Humans Who Almost Went Extinct 930,000 years ago, almost wiping out the human population. What caused it? Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science

Sep 26, 2023 · 1 like · 5,775 followers View post →
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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

Sep 22, 2023 · 72 shares · 2,274 followers View post →
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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

Sep 21, 2023 · 72 shares · 260 followers View post →
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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

Sep 20, 2023 · 72 shares · 676 followers View post →
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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

Sep 20, 2023 · 72 shares · 3,726 followers View post →
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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

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RT @takatoh_life: 人類の祖先は90万年前に絶滅寸前であったとする研究が報告された。 それを契機にネアンデルタール人や現生人類が登場した可能性があるという壮大な論文。 W. Hu et al. "Genomic inference of a severe hu…

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@Demografia_CSIC · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/RKnWO5SD69

Sep 14, 2023 · 9,174 followers View post →
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RT @cmpereirasantos: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition: between 800,000 and…

Sep 13, 2023 · 1 share · 63 followers View post →
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Sep 11, 2023 · 384 followers View post →
BioDecoded
@BioDecoded · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/ISVg977FX2 #Bioinformatics

Sep 11, 2023 · 8,905 followers View post →
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@AlesandroSherry · X

RT @ejustin46: 3) " Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" (interesting abstrac…

Sep 11, 2023 · 3 shares · 360 followers View post →
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Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition "The model detected a reduction in the population size of our ancestors from about 100,000 to about 1000 individuals, which persisted for about 100,000 years." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Sep 10, 2023 · 3 likes View post →
Emmanuel
@ejustin46 · X

3) " Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition" (interesting abstract only) https://t.co/n9W4U5weKZ

Sep 10, 2023 · 21 likes · 3 shares · 17,315 followers View post →
Yusuf Akhter
@yakzaf · X

RT @pankajimtech: https://t.co/53qkfSxiOA Ancient humanity was almost wiped out about 900,000 years ago when the global population dwindled…

Sep 10, 2023 · 1 share · 532 followers View post →
Pankaj Kumar
@pankajimtech · X

https://t.co/53qkfSxiOA 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 117,000yrs

Sep 10, 2023 · 2 likes · 1 share · 69 followers View post →
Miguel Ángel Sogorb
@MASogorb · X

La humanidad estuvo a punto de extinguirse hace unos 900.000 años https://t.co/ZtPpHeKoiw Más información: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition https://t.co/1aulEfe2aM

Sep 9, 2023 · 158 followers View post →
Jeba Joseph
@JebaJoseph1 · X

"Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science" https://t.co/L2lKDV6oFt

Sep 7, 2023 · 6 followers View post →
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@SaubashyaSur · X

RT @hlcao: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/uB550xYM…

Sep 7, 2023 · 1 share · 767 followers View post →
Wimen
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RT @doctorfision: Referencia: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition. Wangjie Hu…

Sep 7, 2023 · 8 shares · 666 followers View post →
F. Niro Ghadaki
@FNGhadaki · X

@Gizmodo @isaac_schultz_ @ScienceMagazine @britishmuseum @ChrisStringer65 @NHM_London Paper: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition https://t.co/tma4Eeucka They developed a fast infinitesimal time coalescent process (FitCoal)+calculated likelihood for present-day human genomic sequences of 3154 individuals.

Sep 6, 2023 · 2,706 followers View post →
Istvan Biro
@IBiroWien · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/ROpEJIPp5q

Sep 6, 2023 · 11 followers View post →
Huiluo Cao 曹慧荦
@hlcao · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/uB550xYMLc

Sep 6, 2023 · 1 share · 2,824 followers View post →
Curt Doolittle
@curtdoolittle · X

@FarajRashi93307 Yes. "Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition"

Sep 6, 2023 · 2 likes · 16,162 followers View post →
Yuri Maria
@MYuriMaria · X

RT @doctorfision: Referencia: Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition. Wangjie Hu…

Sep 6, 2023 · 8 shares · 2,729 followers View post →
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@nanogrupo · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/kVgYvjKuxQ

Sep 6, 2023 · 4,649 followers View post →
Fatawi
@Fatawi1 · X

RT @DrAbdulmajeedFR: كنا مهددين بالانقراض حيث وصل عدد اسلافنا تقريبياً من ١٠٠٠ الى مئة الف و هذا حسب دراسة منشورة في السياينس الآن امورن…

Sep 6, 2023 · 4 shares · 655 followers View post →
Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP
@weldeiry · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition https://t.co/dtgQcR19Do

Sep 6, 2023 · 1 like · 18,110 followers View post →
lexy
@lvdlab.org · Bluesky

holy crap. the human eternal germline went down to ~1280 people, less than 10^6 years ago?? and persisted like that for more than 10^5 years??? w o w

Sep 2, 2023 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Illia Aota
@1111a.bsky.social · Bluesky

あとでよむ Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition

Sep 2, 2023 View post →
Culture Explorer
@CultureExploreX · X

Did humans come close to #extinction? A new article in Science magazine provides some evidence to support. Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition | Science https://t.co/RCi8Ye7Jrq

Sep 2, 2023 · 1 like · 152,465 followers View post →
Jak Koke
@jakkoke.com · Bluesky

Sep 1, 2023 · 4 likes · 1 share View post →
MU-Peter Shimon
@mu-peter.bsky.social · Bluesky

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition

Sep 1, 2023 · 1 like · 4 shares View post →
R. Lor Randall
@RLRandallMD · X

Fascinating, as we learn to discover more from our genetic molecular history… https://t.co/5BZ553qRWF

Sep 1, 2023 · 1 like · 1,964 followers View post →
サイエンスあれこれ
@sarekore · X

ます。また、アフリカとユーラシアの化石記録の欠損も、この人口減少によって説明できます。この人口減少の理由は主に気候によるものと考えら、この時期の長い氷河周期は気温の低下、深刻な干ばつを引き起こし、人類の祖先の食料喪失を引き起こした可能性があります。Science誌https://t.co/Aokz4Iowua

Sep 1, 2023 · 1 like · 922 followers View post →
Dan Levitt
@dan_levitt · X

RT @benryanwriter: Humanity nearly wiped out! A study of early human ancestors during the mid-Pleistocene era finds they "went through a pr…

Aug 31, 2023 · 1 share · 293 followers View post →
Sciences
@sciences.skyfleet.blue · Bluesky

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition

Aug 31, 2023 View post →
Sciences
@sciences.skyfleet.blue · Bluesky

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition

Aug 31, 2023 View post →
Roberto Sáez
@robertosaezm · X

Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition https://t.co/SYDuX5K0mP

Aug 31, 2023 · 5 likes · 12,425 followers View post →
Benjamin Ryan
@benryanwriter · X

Humanity nearly wiped out! A study of early human ancestors during the mid-Pleistocene era finds they "went through a prolonged, severe bottleneck in which approximately 1,280 breeding individuals were able to sustain a population for about 117,000 years." https://t.co/fQkdTPjtul

Aug 31, 2023 · 8 likes · 1 share · 40,860 followers View post →