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Article: DNA study backs theory; Africa: It suggests that modern man populated the planet as early as 50,000 years ago
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- December 7, 2000
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A study comparing the DNA of people around the world has yielded
what could be the best evidence yet that modern man first evolved in
Africa and scattered to populate the planet as recently as 50,000
years ago.
Such a view suggests that the first Homo sapiens held such
dramatic evolutionary advantages - perhaps stronger powers of
reasoning - that they replaced other early humans with virtually no
interbreeding.
This is not the first time DNA technology has been applied to the
question of when and where modern humans emerged. But the
researchers said they analyzed the longest strand of DNA ever
examined for a human lineage study.
They said their findings strongly favor the "out-of-Africa" ...
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