Re:Family trees: Tracing the world's ancestor
by TravisDirks on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @01:38PM
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Very interesting! If I didn't misread, a better title would be "In 3000 years almost everyone alive today will be a common ancestor of all humanity."
From the story: "In fact about 80% of the people at that time in the past will be the ancestors of everyone in the present. The remaining 20% are those who have had no children, or whose children have had no children, and so on - in other words, people who were genetic dead-ends."
This puts a whole new perspective on the often quotes statistics about Genghis Khan's progeny.
From the story: "In fact about 80% of the people at that time in the past will be the ancestors of everyone in the present. The remaining 20% are those who have had no children, or whose children have had no children, and so on - in other words, people who were genetic dead-ends."
This puts a whole new perspective on the often quotes statistics about Genghis Khan's progeny.