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Tango01 | 14 Nov 2019 9:34 p.m. PST |
…200,000 years ago in southern Africa "Humankind's maternal roots extend back about 200,000 years to what was then a lush region of southern Africa, a study suggests. But these results highlight how much remains unknown about human origins. Examining variations in a type of maternally inherited DNA, scientists concluded that the founding maternal line of Homo sapiens arose in what's now northern Botswana. Then around 130,000 years ago, some members of that group migrated in two waves to East Africa via a vegetated corridor created by increased rainfall, the researchers report. Until then, that corridor was arid and sparsely vegetated. Those East African migrants may have eventually given rise to early herding and farming groups there…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Grelber | 15 Nov 2019 8:39 a.m. PST |
Very interesting article, Tango! Fortunately, my cave people are geared to a much more recent era, so I'm not called upon to do a repaint. Grelber |
Tango01 | 15 Nov 2019 11:47 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my good friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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