Re:Did Our Ancestors Become Bipedal So They Could Throw?
by nickparker on Sunday August 14, 2016 @09:25PM
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As an extension of that fact, if there was a single true Eve the population would be at extremely high risk for genetic defects.
It's called a population bottleneck, where a near extinction event forces almost all individuals to share a large proportion of their genetic material, and the most recognizable example is in cheetahs.
It's called a population bottleneck, where a near extinction event forces almost all individuals to share a large proportion of their genetic material, and the most recognizable example is in cheetahs.
http://cheetah.org/about-the-cheetah/genetic-diversity/