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hefeng@cz3.nus.sg wrote in article <862824010.27724@dejanews.com>...
> Hi! I've got a question here I don't whom I'd ask.
> This is a commonsense question so I guess it really doesn't matter.
> Anybody should be able to answer it.
> Now: a normal person has two parents, and four great parents, and 8 great
> great parents, and 16......
> therefore whenever we trace back one generation, the number of our
> ancestors doubles. But if we go back the years, the population decreases!
> Therefore there will be a time when the no. of one's ancestors equals the
> total population! and after that, even greater!

> This is nonsense. But where did I go wrong?

By forgetting to factor in something called incest -- sure, it's disgusting
by our standards, but what else was there to do way back when?

-- Ben