Roughly 800,000 years ago, the world teetered on the edge of silence. A sudden genetic bottleneck—revealed only recently through DNA studies—suggests that the human population was reduced to just 1,280 individuals. A mere handful of ancestors, huddled in a frozen landscape not unlike this one, clung to warmth, to each other, and to the fragile thread of survival.
Scientists now believe this near-extinction event may have lasted for nearly 100,000 years. Climate shifts, volcanic winters, or dwindling food supplies might have pushed early humans to the brink. Yet somehow, against odds both brutal and invisible, they endured. Their resilience lives on in the code of our bodies, etched like runes into our chromosomes.
Look closely at this scene: a circle of humans wrapped in furs, gathered around fire beneath towering walls of ice. Not warriors or kings—just survivors. The glow of flame in their eyes is not just heat or light; it’s a promise. Every story, every child, every city that followed came from this circle.
How many miracles can fit into a single ember?
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