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From the viewpoint of genetics the usual guess is that you want 50 to 500 individuals to build a population.

https://www.britannica.com/science/minimum-viable-population...

If people were attempting interplanetary/interstellar colonization or planning for a serious interruption they could possibly stockpile millions of human eggs.



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