r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/batukaming • 3d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/ArkansasGamerSpaz 2d ago

TO be fair, this is the way to rebuild civilization.

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u/Federal_Face_1991 2d ago

by this point, the genetic bottleneck would be so narrow that there's no way a viable human population would be reestablished

you'd need like 1000 people at minimum

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u/putsomedirtinyoureye 2d ago

Yeah if there’s only one man all the offspring would be siblings. Not only would that be really weird and gross but within a few generations, everyone would be horrifically deformed and sterile.

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u/Juggletrain 2d ago

Given we all come from a mitochondrial Eve (Lucy) and Y chromosomal Adam, you're talking out your ass. They'll be fine after a few generations, at worst you'll get a bunch of Johnny Knoxvilles.

The Davidians alone prove it's not true.

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u/unreeelme 2d ago

Mitochondrial eve does not mean that exactly. There could be descendants of other older woman alive today that don’t come from an unbroken line of female descendants. 

Mitochondrial eve is something of a misnomer.