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ELI5: Why are small populations doomed to extinction? If there's a breeding pair why wouldn't a population survive?

Was reading up about mammoths in the Arctic Circle and it said once you dip below a certain number the species is doomed.

Why is that? Couldn't a breeding pair replace the herd given the right circumstances?
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