The Genie in the Bottleneck
Although the scale of the contraction that lies ahead for the human race is unprecedented, our ancestors have passed through many critical periods where the effective population size decreased dramatically.
On many previous occasions the total population size shrank, while in others a small group with some competitive innovation replaced the previous pop…
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