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Article: DNA study points to African origin of modern humans
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- December 7, 2000
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DNA study points to African origin of modern humans
By JEFF DONN
Associated Press
Thursday, December 7, 2000
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 ...