Homo Sapiens: an Endangered Species

70,000 years ago, the human species numbered as few as 2,000 members.

It is mind-blowing to think that the human species had a smaller population than my high school.

I don't think that this is a new finding. It sounds like this finding relates to the "Toba Bottleneck" that occured - according to scientists - when Mt. Toba erupted 70,000 to 75,000 years ago, causing a kind of "nuclear winter" that nearly exterminated humanity.

Science is so cool.