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		Human Ancestors Nearly Went Extinct 900k Years Ago (scientificamerican.com)
		4 points by andsoitis 59 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

southwindcg 58 days ago | [–]

Reminds me of the Toba catastrophe theory:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngest_Toba_eruption#Toba_ca...

FrankWilhoit 59 days ago | [–]

...and it will happen again.

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