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minus-squarerar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI remember reading somewhere it was around 500-1000 for a sustainable human colony to begin. Did we get better at avoiding Hapsburg Jaws?
minus-squareGenrawir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoI was wondering the same thing before reading the article. This is for a 28 year mission, and doesn’t include setting up the base, or power and water supply.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf it’s basic generic viability I’ve always heard 30-60 though I couldn’t name a source for that.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI think that number comes from long term genetic diversity issues. Some rule in biology about inbreeding depression came up with it
I remember reading somewhere it was around 500-1000 for a sustainable human colony to begin. Did we get better at avoiding Hapsburg Jaws?
I was wondering the same thing before reading the article. This is for a 28 year mission, and doesn’t include setting up the base, or power and water supply.
If it’s basic generic viability I’ve always heard 30-60 though I couldn’t name a source for that.
I think that number comes from long term genetic diversity issues. Some rule in biology about inbreeding depression came up with it