There is much genetic evidence of all humans originating from Africa 100 000 to 200 000 years ago. A component of this evidence is the increased genetic diversity of groups closer to central Africa, and the diminishing genetic diversity the farther any group is from central Africa. Is there a study which determines exactly where in current Africa (perhaps somewhere in Kenya) there is the highest genetic diversity per 10 000 people? This might suggest a more precise geographic origin of all modern people. (of course there could be many confounding factors, such as the original group having maximal diversity having migrated en masse at some point to an adjacent area).
2006-07-12
10:52:04
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