William T Goodall wrote: > >> Ok, so let's do the math. Let's create a simulation model, >> splitting a human population of 1 Giga into 100-member >> tribes [easy enough for modern computers], spread these tribes >> all over the globe, create a rule of cross-contamination >> [two neighbouring tribes exchange one member each generation - >> a consertavite estimate], and add an extra random exchange >> from each costal tribe to a random European tribe after 1500. > > That's more or less what the researchers quoted in the article at > the start of this thread did to get the results they got... > Ok, so there's no reason to doubt or reestimate their numbers, which seem reasonable enough - even using kitchen arithmetics instead of a complete model.
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