Repopulation

Repopulation is the phenomenon of increasing the numerical size of human inhabitants or organisms of a particular species after they had almost gone extinct.

## Organisms

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An example of an organism that has repopulated after being on the brink of extinction is the Dryococelus australis.[1]

## Humans

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The repopulation of humans after a catastrophic event is a hypothetical concept that sometimes features in fictional as well as traditional literature.[2] In this scenario, only two members of the opposite sex are survivors after some sort of calamity that has happened.[3] This couple, the last two humans on Earth, ends up reproducing and their offspring reproduce with one another, until after a certain amount of time, the planet Earth has a sizeable number of people.[4]

## See also

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* Armageddon
* Great Deluge
* Repoblación

## References

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1. ^ "Could just two people repopulate Earth?". 13 January 2016.
2. ^ Firestone, Richard (2006). The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes. Inner Traditions/Bear. p. 154. ISBN 9781591430612.
3. ^ Shapiro, Jerome (2013). Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film. p. 77.
4. ^ Bleiler, Richard (1998). Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years. p. 5.