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Recent African origin of modern humans

The recent African origin of modern humans or the "Out of Africa" theory (OOA) holds that present-day humans outside Africa descend mainly from a single expansion of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) from Africa about 70,000–50,000 years ago. It is the most widely accepted paleo-anthropological model of the geographic origin and early migration…

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Recent African origin of modern humans

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years 000 ago africa modern humans around early sapiens human migration found african archaic southern asia populations homo origin genetic

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Neanderthalsinstance ofWilson concluded that modern human populations had diverged recently from a single population while older human species0.80text
Homo erectus had become extinctinstance ofWilson concluded that modern human populations had diverged recently from a single population while older human species0.80text

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