This story from BBC on the new Ranis/Zlatý kůň genetic work has a great first sentence that captures the importance:
“Far from triumphantly breezing out of Africa, modern humans went extinct many times before going on to populate the world, new studies have revealed.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydgyy8120o
“Far from triumphantly breezing out of Africa, modern humans went extinct many times before going on to populate the world, new studies have revealed.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydgyy8120o
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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq3010
This whole ancient human genome field is top tier can't -believe-I'm-alive-to-see-it material. Tremendous.
Answer:
No, a species cannot technically go extinct "several times"
A species that goes extinct ceases to exist.
No, a species cannot technically go extinct "several times"
Christ I hate Victorian grade science...
They must have moved very quickly out of Africa to Australia.