I have heard creos like Faith and Randman talk about genetic depletion. There seems to be a notion that somehow creatures have a limited genome that is being depleted as time passes.
I have heard the term "Genetic Depletion" used by biologists to talk about lack of genetic diversity in a
population (often concerning endangered species). I have yet to hear it applied to individuals.
My question is two fold:
1)Is genetic depletion something measurable and observable at the level of the individual? Is there evidence?
2) if the notion that we are all somehow depleting genetically were/is true, what are the long term consequences of this? Are we all going to evolve into puddles of goo one day?
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