To: Pontiac
"If they remain isolated with only 50 to 200 individuals, inbreeding will cause them to begin to die out in about 5 generations. "
One would think. But then how did they survive for 60,000 years?
82 posted on
02/08/2006 6:23:27 AM PST by
LIConFem
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To: LIConFem; MimirsWell
But then how did they survive for 60,000 years? By intermarrying with neighboring tribes.
But from the article it seems that neighboring tribes have been decimated by interaction with modern peoples.
The tribes numbers probably have been cut by last years tsunami as well.
107 posted on
02/08/2006 4:17:41 PM PST by
Pontiac
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