[utherdoul]

global warming did it! Those nomads and their SUVs.

[stockpirate]

I do not for one minute believe that 70,000 years ago man ONLY lived in Africa.

[blam]

GGG Ping. I'm suprised...no mention of Toba.

Late Pleostocene Human Population Bottlenecks. . . (Toba)

[mtbopfuyn]

Wow, those woolly mammoth farts must have played havoc with the carbon footprints.

[Grimmy]

“Study Says Near Extinction Threatened People”

I tend to feel pretty dang threatened whenever anyone’s pointing a near extinction at me.

[Revolting cat!]

The Environmental Protection Agency saved us! Whew, that was close!

[Captain Rhino]

Old news repackaged for the current scare.

The Yellowstone super volcano exploded about 70,000 years ago. Human population crashed about the same time.

Coincidence?

Genetic collapse in such a short period points to a single calamitous event. A meteor hitting the Yucatan or the Yellowstone super volcano erupting puts millions of tons of particulate matter into the atmosphere at once, dramatically altering the climate. Global warming (or cooling) alters the climate more slowly giving plants and animals (including humans) more time to adjust to the changes. Times are tough but not nearly as tough as no sunshine and cold temperatures for a couple of years.

There have been a number of public television specials and at least one movie on the Yellowstone super volcano .

Yahoo or Google the term to find links.

P.S.: Of course, like every other one of da*n these extinction level events, its overdue to happen again. Enjoy your evening.

[wolfcreek]

San people?

Did they become Arabs?

[Jeff Chandler]

"Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes of climate had reduced our population to such small numbers that we were on the very edge of extinction."

[Atlas Sneezed]

In genetic terms, this kind of extreme stress can be a great thing for a species, as only the very fittest (especially mentally resourceful) survive.

What nearly killed us probably made us much smarter.

[Doomonyou]

"Tiny bands of early humans, forced apart by harsh environmental conditions, coming back from the brink to reunite and populate the world.

Noah.

[Centurion2000]

Paleontologist Meave Leakey, a Genographic adviser, commented: "Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes of climate had reduced our population to such small numbers that we were on the very edge of extinction."

This guy is a CERTIFIED idiot. Anyone with half a brain in science knows that a supervolcano erupted right around that time (Tomu) which completely screwed weather patterns for years after it's eruption. It wasn't climate, it was weather caused by a natural event that nearly wiped us out.

[El Gato]

Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago,

Well when the Gorebots with their carbon phobia make the coming Ice Age worse than it otherwise would have been and the resulting troubles end with flying ICBMs. We might get to have another go at it.

[calex59]

Actually there were plenty of humans around at that time period, Neanderthals thrived up until about 50,000 years ago and there were plenty of Homo Sapiens right there with them. I will tell you though that Humans are close to extinction now because so many are swallowing the global warming crap and following the left wing idiots. We cannot survive, at least not in any where the numbers we have now, without energy, which the lefties want us to totally disregard and get rid of.

Hard as it is to swallow, there are many people who think we, and the world, would be better off without energy. They are stupid of course and not thinking but there you go. Most of the troubles of the world were caused by a majority of the people being stupid and blindly following along.

Extinction is just around the corner for the human race if we don't do something drastic soon.

[SunkenCiv]

you’ve been beaten to the punch, which does *NOT* happen very often:

Study: Humans Almost Went Extinct 70,000 Years Ago
Fox News | Thursday, April 24, 2008 | AP
Posted on 04/24/2008 12:07:36 PM PDT by Sopater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006457/posts

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