Humans have almost gone extinct several times in our history. What makes you think we are special? Species go extinct all the time, just not usually by their own hands.
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JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 months agoYeah I don’t disagree. But people are also pretty adaptable, I think we can survive some pretty apocalyptic stuff. (That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do everything we can to stop climate change, I just think it’s pretty likely at least two people will survive)
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 8 months ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m reading a lot of variation about the minimum viable breeding population of humans from around 100 to over 1000, but no one says two.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Yeah inbreeding would be terrible. But anyway, I think it’s likely some people could survive an apocalypse.