News Release

Early ancestral bottleneck could've spelled the end for modern humans

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters

A high extinction risk of our ancestor decoded by a new inference method.

image: Core formula of the new inference method. The image depicts a cliff painting, illustrating the population of human ancestor pull together to survive the unknown danger in the darkness during the ancient severe bottleneck. view more 

Credit: Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Journal

Science

DOI

10.1126/science.abq7487

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