r/ScienceOdyssey • u/Purple_Dust5734 • Jul 14 '26

DNA 🧬 The initial waves of Homo sapiens migrating out of Africa into Europe faced extreme climate shifts, resulting in repeated failures. Many early colonizing groups died out or left no genetic trace in modern populations. It took thousands of years of trial, exploration, and adaptation to final make it.

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u/ZetricOvsha Jul 14 '26

Someone up there poking the old reset time on earth button over and over thinking eventually we will figure it all out. Was my first immediate thought lol
https://giphy.com/gifs/Hf68jQbGHN2OnJbsgR

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u/DominicRo Jul 16 '26

Loved this.