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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

• Humans

• See also

• References

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

The repopulation of humans after a catastrophic event is a hypothetical concept that sometimes features in fictional as well as traditional literature.cite-ref-2[2] In this scenario, only two members of the opposite sex are survivors after some sort of calamity that has happened.cite-ref-3[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.cite-ref-4[4]

• Armageddon

• Great Deluge

• Repoblación

cite-note-11. ↑ "Could just two people repopulate Earth?". 13 January 2016.

cite-note-22. ↑ citereffirestone2006Firestone, Richard (2006). The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes. Inner Traditions/Bear. p. 154. ISBN 9781591430612.

cite-note-33. ↑ citerefshapiro2013Shapiro, Jerome (2013). Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film. p. 77.

cite-note-44. ↑ citerefbleiler1998Bleiler, Richard (1998). Science-fiction: The Gernsback Years. p. 5.