"prehumans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals."
The previous best estimate for the human "effective population size", from molecular evolution, is about 10,000 to 20,000 humans.
So this new number is smaller, but maybe not as much as you might think.
The genetic diversity of us eight billion humans is accounted for by a population of only a few thousand humans, plus time for many many offspring to be born and accrue some natural rate of mutation.
Read if you want another perspective...
www.realclearinvestigations.com
#111 | Posted by BillJohnson
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"The so-called "adhan" is just one sign of how Islam is transforming pockets of the nation. As more Muslims participate in the country's political life, running for office, influencing, and in some cases, even controlling local governments, they are putting their own stamps on their communities: renaming city streets after Arab homelands and mandating Islamic holidays and halal-only lunches in public schools, while even changing noise ordinances to the consternation of many non-Muslim neighbors."
This is like when the Zionists took over Palestine, minus the violence, and you are fine with that.
So what's the problem?