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A genomics analysis of more than 3,000 living people suggested that our ancestors’ total population plummeted to about 1,280 breeding individuals for about 117,000 years.

We were so close…so close…sigh

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Invent time travel. Get your grandfather paradox on.

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I should not be trusted with such things tbh

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People challenging the seriousness of the climate change are saying “we will adapt and survive like we always have”… Yeah, our “adapt and survive” could look like that.

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People really don’t understand what it will be like if society collapsed… mad max is a future documentary at this point

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Not really, the world of Mad Max appears to have an infinite amount of gas supply. This is very unlikely to happen in the real world.

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I think it’s more that the fuel supply we have on hand is now spread among a population that is 99% smaller. What would last us months lasts them decades.

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Whats population bottleneck?

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From wikipedia:

A population bottleneck or genetic bottleneck is a sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events such as famines, earthquakes, floods, fires, disease, and droughts

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And one of those bastards is responsible for balding

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And, like, half of our genetic diseases.

I don’t know the actual numbers on it but it’s still their fault and none of you can prove otherwise.

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If at first you don’t succeed…

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Bang your sister

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Planet with global warming: “I didn’t hear no bell!”

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Too bad it didn’t just do it. The planet and rest of life probably been better off.

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Humans to the planet in 2023: “Should’ve killed me when you had the chance”

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“Who left the fridge open?”

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To true. We damn sure doing our best to destroy it. Of course planet will be fine unless you find a way to crack in half and I wouldn’t put it past us.

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“I lived bitch!”

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