happyhumantorch t1_jdqucmq wrote on March 26, 2023 at 1:58 PM Reply to Humans experienced a massive population expansion in a very small amount of time. What are the evolutionary consequences and benefits of such an event, massive popular of a species in a small amount of time? by bent_over_life In general, a larger population increases the power of natural selection and reduces the rate that alleles lost by random chance. Both of these increase the robustness of a population over time. Permalink 2
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Reply to Humans experienced a massive population expansion in a very small amount of time. What are the evolutionary consequences and benefits of such an event, massive popular of a species in a small amount of time? by bent_over_life
In general, a larger population increases the power of natural selection and reduces the rate that alleles lost by random chance. Both of these increase the robustness of a population over time.