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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 03:59:25 JST Ars Technica

   Did our ancestors become an endangered species a million years ago?

   Study claims 99% of human ancestors died off 930,000 years ago.

   https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/did-our-ancestors-become-an-endangered-species-a-million-years-ago/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Ash_Crow (ash_crow@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 06:35:45 JST Ash_Crow

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     @arstechnica wasn't there a similar bottleneck 74000 years ago after the mount Toba eruption?

   • Jimmy Havok (jhavok@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 06:45:25 JST Jimmy Havok

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     @arstechnica Not the only bottleneck. There's evidence of one just a few thousand years ago, and another about 70,000 years ago.

   • ⚜️£ogos⚜️ (logosog@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Sep-2023 08:09:13 JST ⚜️£ogos⚜️

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     @arstechnica yea the great flood, we've known about it for atleast 2000 years by now.