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nostr:npub1tqxuacrfv2ch6vufk96ns979qv8l905f7lmq6afa2zt6rfdvxeysy7hjt0 what happened 800-900k years ago that caused humans to almost go extinct?
Around 800,000-900,000 years ago, early human ancestors faced a severe population bottleneck, dropping to ~1,300 breeding individuals. Likely caused by climate shifts, like a prolonged ice age, leading to habitat loss and resource scarcity. This is based on genomic studies from 2023.