According to the study, our ancestors split from a group 1.5 million years ago and rejoined them 300,000 years ago.

A population bottleneck is an event that drastically reduces the size of a population. The bottleneck may be caused by various events, such as an environmental disaster, the hunting of a species ...

A study of the inner ear bones of Neanderthals shows a significant loss of diversity in their shape around 110,000 years ago, suggesting a genetic bottleneck that contributed to Neanderthals' decline.

An analysis of the semicircular canals in Neanderthal ears reveals evidence of a 'bottleneck' event, leading to a reduction ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found that the critically endangered regent honeyeater faces hidden genetic ...

Technically known as a "bottleneck," this genetic loss is frequently the consequence of a reduction in the number of individuals of a population. The ancient DNA data indicate that the decline in ...

One of the most glaring and obvious areas of this boomer bottleneck is housing. In 2019, boomers, only about 22% of the population, owned 42% of American homes, and they especially dominated ...

Researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have discovered that bison in Yellowstone National Park—the only group of American bison that has ...