Eli5: Could two people repopulate the earth on their own?

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The only way they could repopulate the earth is if they had perfect genetics. Which, of course, none of us do. Otherwise within 4 generations (if they’re lucky!) the babies being born would have such a tangled mess of recessive genes and birth defects that there wouldn’t likely be a 5th.

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