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

Question

Just having an argument with a friend

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Answer 1

One pair of lobsters invasively populated an island to thousands of lobsters in the early 20th century, but scientists think that it would take 50 breeding humans to provide sufficient genetic variety to survive, and more like 500 breeding humans to adapt.

[Sauce. It’s a good read.](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160113-could-just-two-people-repopulate-earth)