The oft-heard claim is that Homo sapiens evolved from Homo erectus within a small African population with an effective size of about 10,000 individuals. What, exactly is an “effective” population size and how is that different from a “census”...
Dr C revisits the idea of a genetic “bottleneck” and explains why the ‘out of Africa’ bottleneck would have been a disaster for our species. Location: Silvermine Commercial Take-out #3, Nantahala National Forest, Bryson City, North Carolina...
Dr C explains what a genetic “bottleneck” is and why the massive inbreeding necessary in the biblical model is not a problem. First, there was inherently no mutation load at Creation, so there would be no problem with Adam and Eve’s children...
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