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[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You underestimate the effects of population growth. There was a lot of time in prehistory but the population at any given point was tiny compared to today.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i remember an old article that said DNA shows that all current humans can be traced back to 7 women during the ice age.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

There were probably more around at the time, all the other bloodlines just died off.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

And they were all neighbours in the same age and shared a WhatsApp group.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those people were alive and died it doesn't matter... There have been more people dead than are currently living by a lot.

We don't care how many people were alive back than compared to today. It's the total amount to how many have died...

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We don’t care how many people were alive back than compared to today.

But that is exactly the ratio you claim to be 99.9% when in reality it is closer to 93%.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

No your right, my bad I'm terrible at math and sick