haxor@derp.fooB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 10 months agoModern genetic data suggests pre-humans were a group of only 1,280 individualswww.nature.commessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkModern genetic data suggests pre-humans were a group of only 1,280 individualswww.nature.comhaxor@derp.fooB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThe start of an evolutionary trait generally comes from one individual that found it beneficial for procreation in some way, so depending on what you’re looking at we can be narrowed down to one.
minus-squareirdc@derp.foolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThat’s kind of simplistic: some traits are initially neutral and only show their usefulness later on.
The start of an evolutionary trait generally comes from one individual that found it beneficial for procreation in some way, so depending on what you’re looking at we can be narrowed down to one.
That’s kind of simplistic: some traits are initially neutral and only show their usefulness later on.