On Jan 5, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Peter wrote:

> There are at least two scientifically soundly proven points in  
> history when
> there was only one reproducing human male and female, respectively,  
> on this
> planet. So getting 'most of them' is not necessarily an extinction  
> event (see
> mitochondrial Eve and primeval Adam and the Vostok lake ice core  
> temperature
> graph for reference - Wikipedia knows).

The wikipedia article specifically contradicts that interpretation...

BillW

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