A new genetic study suggests all modern humans trace our ancestry to a single spot in southern Africa 200,000 years ago. But experts say the study, which analyzes the DNA of living people, is not nearly comprehensive enough to pinpoint where our species arose.
“I’m persuaded that southern Africa was an important area for human evolution,” says population geneticist Aylwyn Scally of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom who was not involved with the work. But, he says, studies of living people’s DNA can’t reveal the precise location of our ancestors. “It would be astonishing if all our genetic ancestry at this time arose in one small homeland.”
De studie die zuidelijk Afrika als menselijke oorsprong identificeerde kwam hier gisteren voorbij >
https://tpook.nl/2019/10/29/human-origins-in-a-southern-african-palaeo-wetland-and-first-migrations/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1714-1
