Did our ancestors nearly die out?

Science. 2023 Sep;381(6661):947-948. doi: 10.1126/science.adj9484. Epub 2023 Aug 31.

Authors

Nick Ashton¹, Chris Stringer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory, British Museum, London, UK.
² Centre for Human Evolution Research, Natural History Museum, London, UK.

PMID: 37651523
DOI: 10.1126/science.adj9484

Abstract

Genetic analyses suggest an ancient human population crash 900,000 years ago.