To: Thatcherite
So what absolute minimum amount of time is required for the present day status of mankind to reach its current genetic diversity from 8 already diversified individuals?
314 posted on
09/19/2006 12:43:05 PM PDT by
srweaver
(Never Forget the Judicial Homicide of Terri Schiavo)
To: srweaver
So what absolute minimum amount of time is required for the present day status of mankind to reach its current genetic diversity from 8 already diversified individuals?A human population genetic bottleneck may have occurred 70,000 years ago or so and bottomed out at 10,000 or more individuals.
The current level of diversity in humans and animals could not have happened in a few thousand years.
317 posted on
09/19/2006 12:54:08 PM PDT by
js1138
(The absolute seriousness of someone who is terminally deluded.)
To: srweaver
So what absolute minimum amount of time is required for the present day status of mankind to reach its current genetic diversity from 8 already diversified individuals?Your question is meaningless. An individual cannot be diversified, only a population can be diversified.
338 posted on
09/19/2006 1:48:28 PM PDT by
Thatcherite
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