origins of man, how are people of asian descent in africa?

Question

like if you look at the genealogy of the oldest African tribes like the bushman of south africa, they are related to asian people? How did this stuff happen? Isn't black just a mutation of white due to the effect of the sun?and that its more likely we were clotheless and hairy creatures from different types of sub-families(chimps,drills,baboons,gorilla,gibbons)who split up millions of years ago, but are still able to mix because originally we were from the same family? m

Answer 1

There are asians in africa because some were probably out exploring and decided they liked some chick there and had babies and some stayed and others hit the road. If you look at the globe you will see that africa is connected to land that is connected to asia. And no black isnt a mutation either , if anything lighter colored skin would be the mutation since the skin on people was darker and hairy because people didnt wear clothes since there wasnt any stores to shop at and people didnt trip on stuff like clothes since they had other more important things to worry about like how not to get eaten by a dinasour and what they were going to eat the next day, along with keeping guard so that some other crazy group didnt try to take them out. I rather doubt that we came from monkies and gorillas I think if anything when this planet was bubbling and boiling and that everything was just a bunch of cells and microorganizims and DNA and things started sticking together and we probably were all the same dna but when it came time that the dna stuck to something we stuck to one thing and the gorillas stuck to something else but for us to of once been gorillas I wont buy that since if we were once like that why are there still gorillas. If some changed into humans all would of and the only one in which our systems are almost exactly alike are the baboons. Thats why they were able to use a baboon heart in a little 2 year old little girl many years ago. We also cant mix with gorillas and chimps etc. and they cant mix with the different kinds either. I cant say that any of this or anything else is really fact since none of were there nor were the ones who wrote our history books. Anyway the first men were from africa and the surrounding area from what they say.

Answer 2

If you look at the genealogoy of anybody, we're all related far enough back. That's also true if you look at the genes.

All of the fossils of the earliest hominids have been found in Africa, thus supporting the almost universally accepted "out of Africa" hypothesis of human evolution and subsequent migration. This clearly happened quite recently in our history, as all differences between humans are quite superficial and we can easily interbreed which is the very definition of being a species.

As to Khoisan people being related to Asians in a more recent way, that's the first I've ever heard of it. Where'd you get that?

And no, being black is not a mutation of white - it's most likely the other way around, to absorb Vitamin D sufficiently from the sun in more northern climates.

You're right about the split of different sub-families millions of years ago, though - it's called humans, chimps, gorillas and orangutans. Those branches of the hominid family tree split off about 6 million years ago. Notice how we can't breed with chimps or pass on our culture and skills to orangutans, even though we share an enormous portion of our DNA with them.

Answer 3

Anthropologically, we are all descended from common ancestors. The main current theory says that this was in Africa and then migrated outwards from there. One spread went East, the other North, others stayed put. From that, the three 'races' evolved (Mongoloid aka Orientals, *******, and Caucasoid). It is most likely that racial characteristics are survival features - e.g. black skin colour in Africa protects from the sun's rays, Caucasoid larger noses to protect from the cold, etc.

As you already know, the 'races' are genetically identical enough to interbreed and produce robust healthy offspring. It may even be that our breed (homo sapiens sapiens) was able to interbreed with Neanderthal Man also, but less is known about this - one theory says that Neanderthals died out because they couldn't compete, another says that they were 'assimilated' into our gene pool and live on today.

There are many many lines of primates, hominids, australopithecines, etc - you could research all this for the rest of your life and still not get to the end. There is also a lot to say about 'species' and 'orders' and 'phylums' and such like, but I don't know enough about all that side of it.

Bottom line? We are all related, and probably from quite a small original gene pool beginning from a evolutionary mutation way back.

Answer 4

You're confused. Human life started simultaneously in a few different places. Australia, Africa and somewhere in Asia--I've heard India or China. There were four different races from the start I've been. Apparently natives in North/south america are descendents of asians (ancestors of chinese/mongolians) that crossed the bering strait. The colour of skin is more based on heredity than sun--the darkest skinned people are not necessraily those closest to the equator.

Answer 5

It is (most probably) true, and it's not hearsay or conjecture. The single-origin, "out of Africa" model is supported by geologic evidence, fossil evidence, extensive DNA studies, anthropological evidence, and on and on. Read the Wikipedia page below for a good start.

Answer 6

Basically humans spread out from Africa. If you look at a world map of skin colors, you can see people gradually becoming lighter skinned as you move away from Africa.

Answer 7

I think thia is as a result of the early earths movement.
geaographers can help me out here.
maybe the eraly men at the tip of africa were shifted to now asia

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Answer 8

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