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Re:Late Bronze Age Collapse by alex0015 on Saturday July 11, 2026 @05:41PM (#48876140)
At that time distance from now, we're essentially all related to anyone who reproduced back then.

http://www.stat.yale.edu/~jtc5/papers/CommonAncestors/Nature...

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Re:Late Bronze Age Collapse by 4gotunameagain on Monday July 13, 2026 @04:16AM (#48889433) 

   > Chang established the basis of this research in a previous publication with an intentionally simplified model that ignored such complexities as geography and migration
This seems like a very impactful simplification. Especially given the relative limited mobility of peoples up until very recently.
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