Submitted by vesuvisian t3_zwg75b in askscience
[deleted] t1_j1veun0 wrote
Reply to comment by Dorocche in What is the ‘widest’ ancestral generation? by vesuvisian
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Dorocche t1_j1vf655 wrote
My math put 30 generations back at c. 1400 AD. Yet another reason why the general case of this question isn't answerable.
Edit: The math can very quite a lot, but 5000 BC would require ~230-year generations.
EvanDaniel t1_j1vfz0j wrote
Wow, I definitely misread an extra zero somehow. Thanks.
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