Population crash 900,000 years ago nearly killed us off (China Daily, 4 Sep 2023, Page5)

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Population crash 900,000 years ago nearly killed us off
By ZHOU WENTING in Shanghai zhouwenting@chinadaily.com.cn
China Daily
4 Sep 2023

An international collaboration led by Chinese scientists has found for the first time that population collapse almost wiped out early human ancestors over 900,000 years ago, with the number of breeding individuals falling to as low as 1,280. The…read more…

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