I got the same impression from that panel. It was like someone had snuck in and left the cup behind. The water is from condensation due to fresh ice inside.They focused heavily on that cup that seemed like it was sweating... It wouldn't do that if it was months old. Just a metaphor for the kid crying or someone else sneaking around without that robot or them seeing?
you can't rebuild with just 2 people, perhaps not even if they had such perfect genes that incest didn't cause any trouble.It just occurred to me that the reason they were left behind is probably because they're supposed to be the "new" Adam and Eve. man I feel stupid only figuring this out after several months
So how much variety do you need? It’s a debate that goes right back to the 80s, says Stephens, when an Australian scientist proposed a universal rule of thumb. “Basically you need 50 breeding individuals to avoid inbreeding depression and 500 in order to adapt,” he says. It’s a rule still used today – though it’s been upped to 500-5,000 to account for random losses when genes are passed from one generation to the next – to inform the IUCN Red List, which catalogues the world’s most threatened species.
The article is a lot longer and there are many that tackled this subject.But before you write off our couple, as one scientist pointed out, we’re living proof of the concept’s inherent flaws. According to anatomical and archaeological evidence, our ancestors wouldn’t have made our own population targets, with 1,000 individuals in existence for nearly a million years. Then between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago, we hit another rough patch as our ancestors migrated out of Africa. As you would expect, we’ve been left with astonishingly low genetic diversity. A 2012 study of the genetic differences between neighbouring groups of chimpanzees found more diversity in a single group than among all seven billion humans alive today.
She was pretending to be upset so the kid could cry, i doubt it has any other meaningShe's so sus:
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Thanks for the chapter!