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Chinese researchers say human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago .
Study looked at genomes of more than 3,150 modern-day humans.
Researchers say population of breeding human ancestors shrank to about 1,280 around 930,000-years ago .
Experts skeptical that study could be so precise, given complicated task of estimating population changes so long ago.
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