Humanity was almost pushed to extinction

[Alistar7]

Study says near extinction threatened people 70,00 years ago

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_sc/close_call

WASHINGTON - Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday.

The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimated the number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age.

"This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal insights into some of the key events in our species' history," Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer in residence, said in a statement. "Tiny bands of early humans, forced apart by harsh environmental conditions, coming back from the brink to reunite and populate the world. Truly an epic drama, written in our DNA."

That was a close call, an epidemic at that critical moment could have wiped our species off this Earth. Does this mean I can call myself an African American due to my genetic heritage?

 

[woodie1]

Yes, we are all African American. Says so in the Bible.

 

[mitchel]

Originally posted by: Alistar7
Study says near extinction threatened people 70,00 years ago

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_sc/close_call

WASHINGTON - Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday.

The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimated the number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age.

"This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal insights into some of the key events in our species' history," Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer in residence, said in a statement. "Tiny bands of early humans, forced apart by harsh environmental conditions, coming back from the brink to reunite and populate the world. Truly an epic drama, written in our DNA."

That was a close call, an epidemic at that critical moment could have wiped our species off this Earth. Does this mean I can call myself an African American due to my genetic heritage?

Hahaha. Sup N!gger.

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: mitchel

Hahaha. Sup N!gger.

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: mitchel

Hahaha. Sup N!gger.

oh boy....

 

[Xylitol]

Originally posted by: mitchel

Originally posted by: Alistar7
Study says near extinction threatened people 70,00 years ago

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_sc/close_call

WASHINGTON - Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday.

The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimated the number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age.

"This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal insights into some of the key events in our species' history," Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer in residence, said in a statement. "Tiny bands of early humans, forced apart by harsh environmental conditions, coming back from the brink to reunite and populate the world. Truly an epic drama, written in our DNA."

That was a close call, an epidemic at that critical moment could have wiped our species off this Earth. Does this mean I can call myself an African American due to my genetic heritage?

Hahaha. Sup N!gger.

how's it going b!tch

 

[SampSon]

Global warming was a big concern back then.

 

[SlitheryDee]

That's almost as bad as when the first human was born. Think about it! For some miniscule unit of time there had to only one of us. Boy that was a close call...

 

[Alistar7]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
That's almost as bad as when the first human was born. Think about it! For some miniscule unit of time there had to only one of us. Boy that was a close call...

I bet your natural science degree from Oral Robert's University has paid off big time......

 

[HardcoreRobot]

how was there drought without SUVs and global warming?

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: Alistar7

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
That's almost as bad as when the first human was born. Think about it! For some miniscule unit of time there had to only one of us. Boy that was a close call...

I bet your natural science degree from Oral Robert's University has paid off big time......

Dude...he went to DeVry...back off!

 

[woodie1]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
how was there drought without SUVs and global warming?

I'm sure Gore can explain that.

 

[Baked]

70K years ago? But according to the Bible, God made us 6K years ago, as white people.

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: Baked
70K years ago? But according to the Bible, God made us 6K years ago, as white people.

He did burn a few of us and just stuck them out in the desert...oh I'm going to hell....no wait...there is no hell...or is theeeeerrreee????

 

[Miramonti]

I thought this thread was about Jerboy.

 

[PHiuR]

so does this mean we are all incestuous?

 

[spikespiegal]

God made us 6K years ago, as white people.

....and as Republicans.

Only Democrats evolved from Apes

(at least that's what Rush says)

 

[Bateluer]

This isn't really a new theory. I first heard it myself a few years ago, and, according to Wikipedia, the theory was proposed in 1998.

Toba Eruption event

 

[spittledip]

Originally posted by: Baked
70K years ago? But according to the Bible, God made us 6K years ago, as white people.

Actually, we were probably a nice tan color

 

[EarthwormJim]

I thought this was already commonly accepted. I remember watching a show on the Discovery channel using mitochondrial DNA from old skeletons, and they said the same thing as this article.

 

[Pacfanweb]

And next year, they'll find some other evidence of humans on the other side of the world at the same time this supposed drought happened. It's been proven time and time again that science has no freaking idea of specifics like this....every single time they've said "okay, man originated HERE", a few years later they'll find evidence of man somewhere else thousands of years earlier.

You can't trust these findings, nor any crap about global warming....hell, the all the weathermen can't even agree or accurately predict the weather for the next three days, much less a longer time frame.

 

[CottonRabbit]

Actually, the theory that humans originated in Africa has been around since Darwin. The only other theory that humans evolved simultaneously across the old world and then mixed genes is not very widely accepted today. Sure the theory has been refined over time, but the point of science isn't to remain static.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Baked
70K years ago? But according to the Bible, God made us 6K years ago, as white people.

And we were in even more danger of extinction then. After Toba there might have been as few as 1,000 breeding pairs, after God there was only one. What if Adam had been a priest and liked little boys instead of Eve. That would have been the end of humankind.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
And next year, they'll find some other evidence of humans on the other side of the world at the same time this supposed drought happened. It's been proven time and time again that science has no freaking idea of specifics like this....every single time they've said "okay, man originated HERE", a few years later they'll find evidence of man somewhere else thousands of years earlier.

These findings are not based on somebody digging up a few pots in a new location, they're based on DNA bottlenecks. That makes them extremely accurate and reliable. Human DNA can be traced back to a very small group of breeders during that period.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
And next year, they'll find some other evidence of humans on the other side of the world at the same time this supposed drought happened. It's been proven time and time again that science has no freaking idea of specifics like this....every single time they've said "okay, man originated HERE", a few years later they'll find evidence of man somewhere else thousands of years earlier.

You can't trust these findings, nor any crap about global warming....hell, the all the weathermen can't even agree or accurately predict the weather for the next three days, much less a longer time frame.

So I assume that you don't drive a car, ride in planes, use electricity, go to the hospital while you're sick, or use a computer, right?

After all, it's been proven time and time again that science has no freaking idea what they're doing, so you can't trust anything that they make.

This is what happens when average people with no science education read sensationalist newpaper articles written by reporters with no science education on findings which they don't understand in the first place.