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Munchies_Matt wrote: this is freaky!
Why?
We've known about Mitochondrial Eve[^] since the 80's, and there have been a couple of Y-chromosomal Adams[^] over the long term.
We know this is a dangerous place to live, and that every now and then the planet does it's best to get rid off all species: Snowball Earth[^], Supervolcanos[^], Asteroid impacts[^], Pandemics[^], etc.
So when we were setting out from Africa, it probably didn't take much to trim the population to really tiny levels.
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OriginalGriff wrote: We know this is a dangerous place to live, and that every now and then the planet does it's best to get rid off all species: Snowball Earth[^], Supervolcanos[^], Asteroid impacts[^], Pandemics[^], etc.
You forgot the modern Democratic party.
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Why?
The 9/10 animal species of course.
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I disagree. First of all, it is clickbait;
"All humans are descended from just TWO people and a catastrophic event almost wiped out ALL species 100,000 years ago, scientists claim"; lets see that claim in the story, and which catastrope they talk about.
Nope; they take another well-documented extinction and talk about that. Now comes the origin of the title;
"The study has been misunderstood by some religious parties who thought it meant that we all came into being in some seminal Big Bang-typed event 100,000 ago, but this isn't what the findings actually suggest."
So, to clarify; 100.000 years ago there was an catastrophe, but they don't explain which. Yes, modern humans can be traced back to a few entities. I say a "few", because there is Neanderhtal-genes in me, and those predate your Eva which is the grandmother of modern man (so, no, a western man cannot be traced to a single adam), which makes the title wrong.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: no, a western man cannot be traced to a single adam
Surprisingly, they can: Y-chromosomal Adam - Wikipedia[^] - possibly two or three times, as well!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Surprisingly, they can: Y-chromosomal Adam - Wikipedia[^] - possibly two or three times, as well!
No, because it requires two species.
Means genes from one man is not enough.
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From the wiki even; "By definition, it is not necessary that the Y-MRCA and the mt-MRCA should have lived at the same time."
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You've never understood evolution, then?
Quelle surprise.
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Oh look, the man who thinks he is funny has something to say. 
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Munchies_Matt wrote: this is freaky!
Why? We had to start somewhere, and it only takes two to make three. Apparently those two weren't terribly picky about what other species they helped to create. I, for one, would have recommended against them helping to procreate ticks and mosquitoes, but that's just me.
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Roger Wright wrote: We had to start somewhere, and it only takes two to make three
So when evolution happens and a new species arrives it is all from just two members of an old species evolving?
You dont think it much more probable, and better, if an entire population evolves?
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I think you need to go to your profile and for your mail setting select confirm or something.
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Probably to block sock-puppet accounts. It's not a very friendly place, so that kind of behaviour would not surprise me.
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Makes sence, thanks.
modified 22-Dec-18 21:01pm.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: It's not a very friendly place
Only to people with no sense of humour. 
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That was upvoted?
QED sock-puppet accounts.
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Or people agree with me. 
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Back again. Thanks to CP for their great customer Support!
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Wow, that's cool! I am amazed by the clear boundary between atmosphere and space. I wouldn't have expected the boundary to be quite that visible.
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Same! 
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I'm sure like me your inbox is inundated with "Black Friday" specials, even got a $30 coupon from newegg (min spend $70) because their site went down for a few hours yesterday.
firstly I don't get this whole "Black Friday" stuff -- the deals mostly start on Saturday (midnight between Friday and Saturday) and end on midnight Sunday (just before Monday)
- and that's not considering the "pre Black Friday" deals that started last Monday
Ohh that would be nice, that's just too cheap to miss, a spare one of those would be useful...
there are some amazing great deals, tempting, and this far I've bought:
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Wow! So far, you've bought more than I have!
I did buy some ink for my printer yesterday, but that wasn't on sale...
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Morrisons in the UK (supermarket) have been advertising it as "Black Five Days". Why would I buy something I don't want (Surf) just because it is on (purported) special offer?
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